The Summer of Riesling begins now! (Part 2)

Here is Justin Christoph’s amazing first comment on the beginning of the Summer of Riesling 2012:

Acidity screaming
Acidity screaming

I’ve never seen you look like this without a Riesling
Another harvest fallen through
Another vintage passes by you
I never took the smile away from any wine’s fruit
And that’s a desperate way to use oak
For a wine that is still a child

In Mosel country, dreams stay with you
Like loving vines on the mountainside
Stay alive

I thought pradikat and oechsle were things that really mattered
But you can’t stay here with every single wine law shattered

I’m not expecting to grow Riesling in Berlin
But I can live and breathe
And see the sun dial wintertime

In Mosel country, dreams stay with you
Like loving vines on the mountainside
Stay alive

So take that label off that bottle it doesn’t fit you
Because it’s happened doesn’t mean you’ve been discarded
Pull up your head off the cellar floor, acidity screaming
Cry out for all the sugar, you ever might have wanted
I thought pradikat and oechsle were things that really mattered
But you can’t stay here with every single wine law shattered

I’m not expecting to grow Riesling in Berlin
But I can live and breathe
And see the sun dial wintertime

In Mosel country, dreams stay with you
Like loving vines on the mountainside
Stay alive

Ted Kalaboukis of German Wine Canada also wrote with important news:

This year Canada has joined the summer of Riesling too! — we start the 31 days of German Riesling or les 31 jours du Riesling allemand on July 1st (Canada Day!) with devoted restos in Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver — customers can win a long weekend in Berlin just by enjoying a glass of the great grape. Details at 31daysgermanriesling.ca and 31joursrieslingallemand.ca