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Riesling
A white wine grape with yellow-green berries (Wikidata).
Grapes bred from it include Müller-Thurgau, Kerner, Scheurebe, Rieslaner, Ehrenfelser, Arnsburger.
On this site Riesling is a main grape in 7 regions, from Wachau at 970 GDD (Winkler I) to Columbia Valley at 1,590 (Winkler II), so the same grape meets very different seasons.
Its regions on the heat scale
Each region's 1991–2020 normal growing degree days, coolest at the top. Tap a row to open the region.
Recent vintages in its regions
| Region | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wachau | +42% | +15% | -2% | +1% | +20% | +26% | +34% | +5% |
| Mosel | +34% | +7% | +11% | -9% | +29% | +24% | +15% | +15% |
| Rheingau | +36% | +11% | +11% | -12% | +25% | +20% | +13% | +15% |
| Finger Lakes | +16% | +2% | +8% | +16% | +7% | +1% | +13% | +6% |
| Alsace | +31% | +9% | +14% | -7% | +28% | +24% | +12% | +12% |
| Niagara Peninsula | +9% | -6% | -1% | +10% | -1% | -2% | +11% | +1% |
| Columbia Valley | +6% | +3% | +9% | +19% | +13% | +14% | +11% | +18% |
Percent above or below each region's 1991–2020 normal heat.
The regions
Alsace
France · Winkler I · 1,360 GDD
Wachau
Austria · Winkler I · 970 GDD
Mosel
Germany · Winkler I · 1,060 GDD
Rheingau
Germany · Winkler I · 1,140 GDD
Niagara Peninsula
Canada · Winkler II · 1,410 GDD
Columbia Valley
United States · Winkler II · 1,590 GDD
Finger Lakes
United States · Winkler I · 1,350 GDD