Riesling Rendezvous

It is interesting that Linda Murphy just wrote an article on US West Coast Riesling in the April 2007 Decanter. Several Washington vineyards are mentioned, as well as the Ernst Loosen connection. Apparently most of the Riesling being made there now is fairly dry and moderate in price, although some higher end wines are starting to be made. The statement that got my attention was: "The problem with West Coast Riesling is that there isn't enough to go around". What a change of events! For very many years there was very little interest in it, and you could hardly give it away. Of course many of the early dry to off-dry versions grown in California were not very good, likely partly because they often were grown in much too warm areas. There were a few exceptions such as Stony Hill that had a following. However, in the