Riesling Looks East

Riesling is Poland’s second most popular grape. Its lure is proving irresistible not only in Zielona Góra and Lower Silesia but also the cooler Lublin region in eastern Poland.
Riesling is Poland’s second most popular grape. Its lure is proving irresistible not only in Zielona Góra and Lower Silesia but also the cooler Lublin region in eastern Poland.
Wojciech Bońkowski is a wine writer from Poland. He is a cofounder of Poland’s Winicjatywa and Ferment, as well as a contributor to Meininger’s Wine Business International, Club Oenologique, and Falstaff. In 2023, he became Poland’s first Master of Wine.
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