The "Tierce" project started in the late winter of 2005 when Johannes Rheinhardt, Peter Bell and David Whiting met for an informal, but critical tasting of their 2004 lots of Finger Lakes Riesling. At this time of year it is typical to have a few to a dozen separate lots of Riesling in each cellar (different vineyards, different press fractions, different yeast, etc.) to choose from when assembling blends. It was our primary goal to take some time to taste, discuss and share knowledge and experiences about our practices and perspectives of winemaking...that is making Riesling, in particular. We had a great, informative tasting, and at some point Johannes said,"We should all make a wine together"! Well, we though it sounded like a lot of fun, and felt it could be educational as well. So we did it! Over the course of the next few months multiple tasting and blending sessions yielded our first vintage. @004 Tierce - Finger Lakes Riesling.