{"id":2695,"date":"2010-09-17T17:56:59","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T22:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/17\/leelanau-peninsula-riesling\/"},"modified":"2010-09-17T17:56:59","modified_gmt":"2010-09-17T22:56:59","slug":"leelanau-peninsula-riesling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/17\/leelanau-peninsula-riesling\/","title":{"rendered":"Leelanau Peninsula Riesling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I keep asking Kathy if these Rieslings are better than the New York Rieslings. She doesn&#8217;t answer. However she usually doesn&#8217;t dump the tasting in a dump bucket. So I&#8217;ll take this as a sign of a good Riesling.<\/p>\n<p>Bel Lago&#8217;s Riesling was a light yellow color. The aroma had mineral and floral hints. the taste featured different yellow stone fruits. There was a long fruit aftertaste. Chateau Fontaine&#8217;s White Riesling was clear with a light yellow hue. There was a slight aroma of peach with mineral nuances. The peach was complimented by the crisp fruity finish. Good Harbor Vineyards also made a peach-like Riesling. there were layers on the taste including peach and pineapple. Today we continued to taste Rieslings at wineries on Leelanau Peninsula. Longview Winery&#8217;s Dry Riesling had a floral and tropical fruit aroma. The creamy taste offered tropical fruit, citrus and a hint of rose petals. The finish was crisp and fruity.<\/p>\n<p>Our travels took us to Traverse City where we visited Left Foot Charley. The 2009 Dry Riesling was made from grapes sourced from Old Mission Peninsula. The wine had a floral and tropical fruit aroma. It had a tropical fruit taste with a twist of lemon. The finish was crisp and fruity. <\/p>\n<p>So which wine region makes the best Riesling? What do you think?<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<br \/>\nTerry<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Leelanau Peninsula Riesling\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/17\/leelanau-peninsula-riesling\/\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I keep asking Kathy if these Rieslings are better than the New York Rieslings. She doesn&#8217;t answer. However she usually doesn&#8217;t dump the tasting in a dump bucket. So I&#8217;ll take this as a sign of a good Riesling. Bel Lago&#8217;s Riesling was a light yellow color. The aroma had mineral and floral hints. the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[1623,1624,98],"class_list":["post-2695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-taste-of-wine","tag-leelanau","tag-riesling-michigan","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}