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Date: 2005-04-01 18:31:36
From: Raymond

Subject: Re: Hi Fellow Wine Buddies, I've a

Hi Gerhard
Thanks for the informtion. Pretty sure Austrian wines are as lovely,
particularly those from Wachau.
Will definitely try one sometime.
Ray
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerhard Präsent" <praesent@telering.at>
To: <wineforum@wein-plus.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 11:50 PM
Subject: [wineforum] Re: Hi Fellow Wine Buddies, I've a Question


> > Considering the global trend for Dry wines, do you guys or ladies
> > think the Lieblich style for Riesling will remain viable?
>
> Unfortunately most of the exported semi-sweet German wines is of rather
low
> quality (Liebfrauenmilch etc.)
> But selling quantities indicate that there MUST be a market for it
somewhere
> (in GB?).
>
> > Will Germany stop the production of fruity wine (a mildly sweet
> > Spatlese for example) in the near future?
>
> I do not think most growers (or cooperatives) will STOP production - and
if
> the quality is good and the bottles sell, why should they? IMHO they
should
> try to raise the qualitative level of these wines ....
>
> MY personal problem is that many German wines are labelled as DRY
> (trocken) - and they don´t taste really dry, because the residual sugar
is
> at the upper limit of 9gr/liter.
> If I´d like to order a "DRY Riesling Spätlese" I have no idea if I´ ll get
a
> really dry wine - or one that tastes "semi-dry" (and I much prefer
> completely dry white wines ... or very sweet ones on the other hand).
>
> But the semi-sweet wines have their fans, especially in Germany itself,
they
> are a good company to some dishes, and many deserve really high ratings -
no
> doubt.
>
> Gerhard
> [from AUSTRIA .... we also have world-class-wines here ..... ;-) ]
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Raymond" <raymd@singnet.com.sg>
> To: <wineforum@wein-plus.de>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 6:45 PM
> Subject: [wineforum] Hi Fellow Wine Buddies, I've a Question
>
>
> >
> > Hi
> > Considering the global trend for Dry wines, do you guys or ladies
> > think the Lieblich style for Riesling will remain viable?
> > Will Germany stop the production of fruity wine (a mildly sweet
> > Spatlese for example) in the near future?
> > Regards
> > Raymond
> > Singapore.
> >
> > This message was created using the Web-based forum :
> > www.wein-plus.com/forum/
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