About a week ago my wife bought a German Riesling during a trip to Whole Foods. It wasn't expensive but wasn't the cheapest Riesling out there either.

This selection comes from the Trittenheim area of the Mosel valley in Germany and is produced by Römerhof Weinkellerei. More on Römerhof in a moment.

Label
"The Romerhof Riesling is produced from hand-picked grapes grown on steep hillsides along the Mosel River, where the sun-filled days produce a wine loaded with apple and pear flavors and balanced by a crisp finish. It is an ideal match for Asian cuisine, firm cheeses, and seafood."

My Thoughts
The bottle didn't indicate the residual sugar, but whatever the actual sugar content, the wine tasted too sweet because it was unaccompanied by any acid or much flavor. I picked up some green apple flavor, but that was about it. The flavor wasn't particularly unpleasant, if sugar is pleasant for you, but I think you could do better for the money.

Ultimately, I learned two lessons from this wine:

1. Look for residual sugar content on the label.
   
2. Don't buy wine made by a company that describes itself as a "supplier" of wine (a descriptor used by Römerhof).

Even though I didn't really like the wine, learning those two lessons made this experience worthwhile.

Stats

• Alcohol: 9%
• Residual Sugar: unknown
  
• Vintage: 2009
• Appellation: Mosel
  
• Price: $8.99
  
• Rating: 3
  
• Value (Rating/Price): 0.33