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Date: 2005-07-13 17:23:01

Subject: Re: What Does It Mean By Fruity In

In a message dated 7/13/2005 8:56:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
wkmueller@t-online.de writes:

Hi everybody,
I don't want to comment on the definitions of "dry", "sour", "bitter",
"fruity"and "sweet" because it may become a purly academical problem.
The last statement, however, is definitely wrong: I know very many first
class German winemakers and none of them has the slightest problem to
drink his own modern dry wine with pleasure! Try it in the Saar-valley
or even in Rheinhessen!
Cheers,
Werner.

I may not know that many winemakers but I do drink German wines with German
winemakers occasionally.

The majority of them will only drink their traditional wines. On an average
day tasting wines, the trocken weins will be sampled and a couple of bottles
of auslese (two or three gold capsule) will disappear.

It is possible to sell dry German Rieslings in the American market but the
highest demand is for QbA with high sugar content, sold as "fruity/semi-dry".

The dry wines are certainly a great alternative to the Chard's and are also,
when carefully produced, superior to the best ones.

However, the market is limited. If I were to pick what seems to qualify to
most people as a "dry" German wine I would probably say a Halbtrocken
Kabinett.

The key is always "fruitiness" which is impossible to express without
residual sugar.

g

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