Ries·ling (r?s?l?ng, r?z?-) n. 1. A variety of grape grown in cool areas, especially in Germany and the Pacific Northwest. 2. A dry to sweet, floral white wine made from this grape. [German, from Middle High German, variant of rueszling : perhaps ruoz, soot (from Old High German, from Germanic *hr?taz, of unknown origin) + -ling, noun suffix indicating possession of an attribute (the grape perhaps being called “sooty” because its fruit develops blackish spots when ripe).] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Riesling (?ri?zl??; ?ra?z-) n1. (Brewing) a white wine from the Rhine valley in Germany and from certain districts in other countries2. (Plants) the grape used to make this wine[C19: from German, from earlier Rüssling, of obscure origin]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Ries?ling (?riz l??, ?ris-) n. 1. a variety of white grape used in winemaking. 2. a fragrant white wine made from this grape. [1825?35;