Readers looking for a good Spatlese-styled Riesling should check out the 1999 Johannisberg Riesling Vintner's Reserve from Monterey. It reveals excellent orange, citrus, and apple blossom characteristics, light to medium body, and a good, crisp finish with just a touch of residual sugar. Tel. (800) 769-3649; Fax (707) 579-3419

A pleasant, citrusy, apple and peach-scented and flavored offering is the 1998 Johannisberg Riesling Vintner's Reserve. This wine possesses some residual sugar, and should be approached as one would a German Kabinett or lighter-bodied Spatlese. Drink it over the next year.Tel. (800) 769-3649; Fax (707) 579-3419

The elegant, medium dry, floral-scented, refreshing 1993 Johannisberg Riesling Vintner's Reserve reveals lovely floral and apple-like fruit, light body, and wonderful freshness. Drink it over the next year as an aperitif. The reliable Kendall-Jackson winery fashions delicious white wines that are significantly more impressive than their inconsistent, highly acidified portfolio of reds.