The Seifried story begins in 1973 when Austrian born Hermann Seifried and his New Zealand wife Agnes had a dream of making wines in New Zealand's sunshine capital - Nelson. Sweet riesling is typically the first type of riesling people try, and often it can be off-putting if you do not like sweet wines. However, there are delightful sweet rieslings that you can drink, especially with dessert. In fact, sweet riesling is sometimes called dessert riesling, late harvest riesling or even ice wine.

For people who do not like sweet wines at all, a dry riesling can be a go-to wine to pair with most foods. Especially in the summertime, as white wines tend to be more refreshing during hot days than red wines. The most well-known region for dry rieslings is in Alsace, France. So that’s a great region to look for when first experimenting with dry rieslings. If you are going to be trying several different types of cheeses, riesling would be the wine we recommend drinking with it. That is because the wine has a balanced acidity, fruity and floral notes and high minerality. As reported by Hot Dinners, Sitwell, the former editor of Waitrose Food Illustrated and current restaurant critic for The Telegraph, launched the venture to cater to consumers who are tired of having too much choice in their lives. Riesling is a wonderful wine that is built for pairing with food. However, it is a wine that is unlike most other wines because it can range from very dry to very sweet and even sparkling. That can make it difficult to provide guidance on what to eat with riesling, so we will try to separate dry riesling, off-dry riesling and sweet riesling recommendations. The sweetness in the wine also complements salty food very well. Large meals with family and friends usually also have several finger foods and appetizers that are salty, which goes well with the hint of sweetness. Chinese food is perfect with a refreshing glass of off-dry riesling.

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The go-to herb to add to dishes when you plan on drinking a riesling is parsley. Some other herbs that are good with riesling are caraway, sage, basil, horseradish, ginger, allspice, fennel and hot peppers. Foods That Do Not Pair Well With Riesling This wine has beautiful scented characters of rose petal, toffee apple and candied ginger. Appealing floral flavours together with gentle spice leaves a generous finish on the palate. The acidity and fruit notes in the wine are what makes it such a great wine for many different dishes. In fact, if you are unsure what wine will go best with your meal, riesling is most often the wine that is recommended as the safe choice or default. Dishes that have bold flavors or are spicy are perfect to pair with riesling.

In 2016 the winery celebrated 40 years since the first harvest. The last four decades have seen significant change, with the New Zealand industry now recognised as world leading, particularly with Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir, but also for Syrah, Grüner Veltliner and Riesling. Today Seifried farm over 250 hectares of vineyards, across nine sustainably-accredited vineyard locations scattered throughout the Nelson region. Most any dessert will be a great complement to a sweet riesling. We do not recommend drinking sweet riesling with chocolate desserts though, as the chocolate can overpower the wine. Meat That Pairs Well With RieslingUK restaurant critic William Sitwell has launched what he claims is “the world’s smallest online wine shop”, which offers just eight different wines at a time. The Telegraph restaurant critic William Sitwell has launched what he claims is the world’s smallest online wine shop called William’s House Wines Dry Riesling – dry riesling is perfect to drink with creamy soft cheeses. Brie, camembert, chevre, roquefort, cottage cheese and cream cheese are all wonderful choices. This is also why we like dry riesling with crab rangoons, because the cream cheese and crab meat both complement dry riesling well.