If you remain unmoved by the case for German Riesling, that's fine with Mr. Theise.

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One final white wine that I will resolve to support is German Riesling.

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In fact, if it weren't for this country's sommeliers, I don't think anyone would be drinking German Riesling at all.

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And yes, German Riesling requires not just a promise of tasting but of full emotional commitment just ask the sommeliers who are drinking (and selling) the stuff.

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"For most vegetable dishes that are not heavily laden with spices, you want wine that is not challenging, " says Sriram Aylur, chef and proprietor at London's Michelin-starred Indian restaurant Quilon, pointing to German Riesling.

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"Chenin is France's answer to German Riesling, " said Daniel Johnnes, the wine director of Daniel Boulud's restaurant group, at a recent gathering of New York sommeliers in my living room as we prepared to taste some 25 Chenins.

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Mr. Spingarn told me that his top-selling German wine today isn't a Riesling at all, but a Pinot Noir.

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In fact, diversity is the key word in German winemaking today, and not just as it applies to Riesling.

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