After all, if a good aperitif wine signals anything, it is more good wines—ideally even more interesting and complex—yet to come. Email Lettie at [email protected].

A fully mature riesling, with about 10 to 15 years of age on it, can display distinct honey and toast characters. “But do you actually like this? Some people don’t,” he says. Alternatively, Jeffrey ...

If you’ve been reading my column for a good part of its 25ish years in this paper, you’ve no doubt clued in I love Riesling. It’s the grape I fell in love with during our time living in Ontario from ...