Wines similar to riesling
“I love riesling. What should I try next?”
17 answers from 12 people · Updated Nov 2, 2026
If the term 'ba-da bing' had a wine equivalent, Kerner would be it. Kerner is a crossing between Riesling, a white grape, and Trollinger, a red grape. What's fab about Kerner is that it's got the fruit and acidity of Riesling and the body of Trollinger, so it's got some junk in the trunk. Its weight means you can have it with richer foods, like cheesy risotto and a calorific onion tart. And the producer? One of my faves. Not for nothing, their Pinot Grigio is one of the best out there!
2022 Südtirol Eisacktaler Kerner
Kerner from Alto Adige. Clean and crisp with a saline minerality. Notes of citrus, alpine flowers and stone fruits. Drinks somewhere in between a Riesling and Chablis. An all-time favorite at an amazing price
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Domaine Schoffit 'Harth - Cuvée Caroline' Gewürztraminer
Soft, dreamy & creamy, this Alsatian Gewürztraminer has notes of spun honey, ginger, lychee, lime blossom and rose petals. It has a luxurious texture that's silky and round, and it has just enough of a kiss of residual sugar to be off-dry which will make it friendly with biryani, curries, and all sauces that have cardamom, coriander, cumin, or chilis. Be careful of the alcohol level with Gewürztraminers, though! This one is 13.5%, but you really don't want to go above 14% as that could risk your chilis tasting even hotter.
2022 Yakima Valley Chenic Blanc
A wine that manages to be simultaneously rich and laser-focused, coating your palate with flavors of bruised yellow apple and honeycomb before hitting you with a wave of electric, cleansing acidity. It’s a serious bottle for people who don’t take themselves too seriously—the perfect drinkable bridge between the two winemakers' homelands of Washington State and South Australia.
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Knoll, Riesling Smaragd Schutt, 2022
I had a bottle of the 2008 vintage the other day and all I'll say is... wow! I think this might be one of my favorite wines I've had all year. Knoll is an incredible estate and Schütt is a beautiful vineyard. If you're looking for a gift for a wine lover or you yourself want to try something truly special, I can't recommend this enough. Wachau rieslings are different than German or more specifically Mosel rieslings (which I love as well), they are more structured and with more fruit characteristics. This is bone dry and has racy acidity with balancing fruit and structure. Open it now or even in ten years, it's going to be amazing!
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Julian Haart Riesling 1,000L 2024
One of my favorite dry Rieslings. Sourced from 25-year-old vines in the Grand Cru Goldtröpfchen vineyard. The “1,000L” is so-named because it is a wine that was, originally, a chosen Fuder – a 1,000L barrel. The entire barrel was bought, and that was that. The wines is always brisk, tense with high-toned citrus, good minerality.
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Summer wine for us this year: bone-dry Rieslings from the Clare Valley in South Australia. Bright and clean, goes with a lot of food and just as happy to be the perfect pour for our sundowners!
This is a natural wine made in Germany and described 100% accurately as as "Clean, green, and totally serene."
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I usually tell people that I like white wine when it tastes like liquid concrete. I don't know how else to explain it. A crispy, crunchy, mineral driven spanish white that pairs well with a spicy cold cut sandwich. Great at room temp, but really shines when chilled. Enjoy outside.
Of everywhere I've measured, the Mosel ripens its fruit in the coldest air. Not the coldest summer — Champagne runs it close there. The coolest through ripening itself, which is the stretch that decides whether the fruit gets there at all. Growing wine on that edge is a different job. It's why the good sites here are the steep ones angled at whatever sun there is, and why one slope can be worth twice the one beside it. This comes off the Paulinsberg, above Kesten. Bastgen have it dry and crisp, and point it at seafood.
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Jurtschitsch 'Urgestein' Grüner Veltliner
Notes of early-season endive and baby lettuces mingle with zesty lime and dry French lentils in this medium-bodied, dry Grüner. It's got a long finish of grey, sandy minerality and will hot-diggity-doggedly pair with asparagus, artichokes, peas, string beans, vegetarian sushi, and fresh, crisp salads. Try some spice with this one, too, in the form of vegetarian Thai dishes like tofu green curry and Tom Yum or Tom Kha soup.
Carl Loewen Riesling Kabinett Longuicher Maximiner Herrenberg 2022
Really lovely sweet (but not too sweet) wine.
Yura Pinot Blanc L'Abeille et la Papillon 2024
YUMMY! I went to Etra after my opening shift at Etoile and drank this while sitting at the bar. Delicious with their arugula, peas, and burrata salad. Took the second half home, exciting to see how it evolves after opening. Pinot Blanc from Alsace. 40% stainless, 40% used barrel, and 20% new barrel. Elegant, soft, white floral and white peach notes with a hint of frangipan and vanilla while still maintaining acid that imparts a zippy mineral finish.
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Maison des Ardoisieres Silice Blanc 2024
A crisp, mineral-driven Alpine white wine made from 100% Jacquère grapes in the Savoie. Love this one
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