Nice frosted bottle in the typical Riesling bottle shape, even though it’s from Massachusetts. That’s where the similarities to German Riesling ends…

Nice little nose on this one, dark berries, a little chocolate, a little earthiness. The flavor though, is jarringly different and just kind of freakin’ weird…

Smells of apple and apricot. The flavor is dry, much more so than most Rieslings I have had…

Another of the fine bottles I acquired at Costco. Very pale yellow in color and it has a sugary aroma, like honey and ripe fruit…

Straw-colored, with a honeyed-apricot nose. I haven’t met many Rieslings I haven’t liked and this one is no exception…

This is what I would call a generic Riesling. It has a weird name and it’s cheap, not obviously German at all. It even has a standard clear glass bottle, which is strange if you know Rieslings…