IRF Creates Summary Chart for Riesling Taste Profile

One of the International Riesling Foundation’s most important projects has been
development of a Riesling Taste Profile to help consumers predict the taste
in a particular bottle of Riesling.  Taste is more than just a matter of residual
sugar, but also involves acid and pH.  Working with wine makers from throughout
the world, wine journalist Dan Berger developed voluntary technical guidelines
described in detail in the Riesling Taste Profile section.  Now the IRF has created
a handy summary of those guidelines showing how pH plays an important role in
determining the ultimate taste perception. 

The summary table is shown below and included as part of the more detailed guidelines
in the section.  Ultimately it is each wine maker’s decision where to place the arrow
along the continuum from Dry to Sweet, but these tools are intended to help.