The most widely-grown wine grape varietal in Germany is Riesling. The Mosel Valley in Western Germany, where this Riesling is produced, is right across the Rhine River from Alsace, France.
Our most popular imported Riesling is Dr. L, and with good reason. Not only is it a great value, but, vintage after vintage, it never fails to satisfy. The Loosen family, for over 200 years, knows what it is doing.
Rieslings range from dry (not sweet) to off dry (a hint of sweetness) to medium sweet to sweet to late-harvest sweet (the grapes are allowed to hang on the vines well beyond normal picking time to be used mainly for dessert wines). Remember the formula for fermentation: yeast + grape juice = alcohol, sulfites (all wines contain sulfites), and carbon dioxide (bubbles, which are trapped when making champagne); less yeast or killing off the yeast (usually by dropping the temperature) will result in a sweeter wine. So, the end result is in the hands of the vintner.
Dr. L Riesling is off dry (just a hint of sweetness). It exhibits refreshing acidity, with aromas and flavors of peach and nectarine, with a mineral note (from the slate soil).
Taste and see!