If you’ve been avoiding white wines because you think they’re too sweet or fruity, I have to encourage you to check out wines from Alsace. Every time I open one, and it doesn’t even seem to matter what type, I am blown away all over again.
Let’s take one of Alsace’s noble varietals: Riesling. Now, I went to school in the Finger Lakes region of NY, so I pretty much cut my wine teeth on Riesling. Riesling is one of those amazing grapes that sommeliers and wine professionals love to wax romantic about, and I’ll get around to doing a full profile on it eventually. It can show an amazing balance and breadth of acid and fruity sweetness. Riesling can be a wine that talks to you, a wine with a story to tell that evolves as you drink it.