Every author feels that she or he is unique. I haven't seen a series of articles quite like mine. In fact, I haven't seen many articles on German wine. I love German wine and food and I writing a series on the wines and foods of German's thirteen wine regions. That should keep me busy for some time, and I hope you'll join me on this journey. You may even find some bargains, I have. Keep coming back, I'll be adding more articles regularly.
" ...The Mosel valley is known for some of the best Riesling in Germany, which means some of the best Riesling in the world... "
A Mosel Riesling Auslese
A German Scheurebe Spätlese
" I had never even heard of the Scheurebe grape until I read a fascinating book, Papilles et Molécules by one of Canada’s (Quebec’s) top sommeliers and wine authors, François Chartier... "
A German Scheurebe Spätlese
An Aged Riesling Spätlese
An Aged Riesling Spätlese" I don't understand how my supplier got all these bottles of a 1992 wine very recently... "
A Baden Gewurtztraminer Under $10
A Wine Lover's Weekly Review Of $10 Wines - A Baden Gewurtztraminer" ...while the average German drinks 32 bottles of wine a year, Baden residents exceed a bottle a week at 53 per year. When you read our review maybe... "
A Rheingau Riesling Spätlese
A Rheingau Riesling Spätlese" The first sip was deliciously sweet with plenty of citrus. I really felt that I could ... "
A Trockenbeerenauslese Dessert Wine
A Trockenbeerenauslese Dessert Wine" I do remember a Parisian friend who thought it quite droll that the Germans would make a wine out of rotted grapes picked individually off the vines, never knowing that ... "
A Nahe Riesling Kabinett
A Nahe Riesling Kabinett" ...The first mention of this acclaimed winery was in the year 1200! It has remained in the Salm family’s hands to this day, making it ... "
Revisiting A Franconian Silvaner
Revisiting A Franconian Silvaner" ...A year and a half ago I reviewed a previous vintage of this wine. I liked it so much that I wanted to review it again. ... "
A Mosel Riesling
A Mosel Riesling" The next meal was an omelet with a local Provolone cheese and Turkish salad. The wine was round, thick, and pleasantly sweet. The word feathery came to mind. It sort of floated especially after the Turkish salad. Then I... "
A Mittelrhein Riesling
A Mittelrhein Riesling" The final meal consisted of an omelet with tasty local Asiago cheese, green and black Greek olives, and grape tomatoes. The wine had a gossamer quality and an excellent balance of acidity, sugar, and fruit, mostly lemon. That was the wine. It... "
A Pfalz Pinot Noir
A Pfalz Pinot Noir" My first pairing was with slow cooked meatballs and potatoes, accompanied by a somewhat spicy red pepper, tomato, and garlic “salsa”. This wine was round and long but... "
A Nahe Riesling Spätlese
A Nahe Riesling Spätlese" ...Talk about a chameleon... "
A Rheinhessen Liebfraumilch
A Rheinhessen Liebfraumilch" ...For decades, countless Americans and Britons thought of Liebfraumilch as the quintessential German white wine. Many of them were introduced to wine via this sweet, low-alcohol wine mostly produced in Rheinhessen and Pfalz. This wine is made for export; Germans ... "
A Franconian Riesling
A Franconian Riesling" ...When it finally faded away, it did so delicately. I saved the best cheese for last, a local Asiago that I prefer to the native Italian variety. Ironically... "
A Rheinhessen Dornfelder
A Rheinhessen Dornfelder" Final verdict. I didn’t plan to be reviewing two Dornfelders in such short order. But we don’t get many of them in our neck of the woods so I figured why not give it a try... "
A Mosel Dornfelder
A Mosel Dornfelder" My first pairing was with a grilled rib steak that had been marinated, perhaps for too long. The meat was accompanied by potatoes that were roasted in chicken fat and spicy Moroccan carrots. Let’s not mince words; this wine... "
A Pfalz Gewürztraminer
A Pfalz Gewürztraminer" ...You might consider canned tuna and honey-tasting wine to be a marriage made in Purgatory but... "
A Baden Pinot Noir
A Baden Pinot Noir"Let’s start by quoting the marketing materials. The hot growing season of 2003 facilitated a level of ripeness in the vineyards of many regions, including Baden, that was almost unprecedented. Expect... "
A Franconian Silvaner
A Franconian Silvaner"I then went to a slow cooked veal chop with potatoes and chick peas in a brown sauce, accompanied by a spicy Moroccan tomato salsa. I cannot believe what happened to this wine. It... "
A Deutscher Tafelwein
A Deutscher Tafelwein"I’m not really pleased that the label mentions no vintage year. But when you think about it, most Champagne doesn’t have a vintage. Furthermore, I’m not as much into vintages as some people I know. On the other hand,... "
A Pfalz Riesling
A Pfalz Riesling"The only German cheese available in my favorite imported cheese store was a Limberger. This cheese is famous for its pungent smell, being the target of comedy by Mark Twain, Charlie Chaplin, Abbot and Costello, Looney Tunes and others. Limberger is a cow’s milk cheese with a soft interior. When I bought this cheese it had virtually no odor but by the time I paired it with this wine... "
A Rheingau Pinot Noir
A Rheingau Pinot Noir" ...To the best of my memory this is my first German Pinot Noir and in fact the first German red wine that I have tasted. I’ll be... "
A Rheingau Riesling
A Rheingau Riesling" ...In 1845, when the British Royal Family visited the village of Hochheim, the owner of this property invited them to come and try his wines. As the story goes, the Queen was most ‘amused’. Over the next five years, subsequent vintages of these wines were sent to England for the Queen’s enjoyment... "
Launching a Series
Launching a Series"We are going to look at thirteen wine German regions,in alphabetical order they are:... Most articles will discuss a given region and its distinctiveness. We’ll talk about the wines and the foods that characterize the region... "