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German| Date: 2005-11-26 11:35:33 |
| From: Colin Hills |
Subject: Re: Need Info About This Wine |
| Hi Peter and Tony, you've certainly got my taste buds tingling at the varieties of Riesling in your area. I live in the Stuttgart region and a bit of a drive for us especially in this weather but maybe if you want to do a tasting in the Spring we could all get together? Zum Wohl! Colin On 11/26/05, Peter.Gebler@t-online.de <Peter.Gebler@t-online.de> wrote: > > Hello Tony, > > you wrote: > > Please could you point out some > > of your favourites, particularly if they have web sites, I > could > then look to buy with confidence in the Boppard/Oberwessel area > > I moved to the Mittelrhein area a couple of months ago, and have > naturally taken an interest in the local wines. In Spay, there are two very > good producers, both with vineyard holdings in the Bopparder Hamm: > Florian Weingart www.weingut-weingart.de > Matthias Müller no homepage > > Other very reliable producers > August Perll in Boppard www.perll.de > Toni Jost in Bacharach no homepage > Didinger in Osterspai www.weingut-didinger.de > Ratzenberger in Bacharach www.weingut-ratzenberger.de > > Of course there are more, but these certainly stick out as being the > best in the region. Where a producer has no homepage, you should still be > able to find some information on them in the German wine guide on > Wein-Plus. > > Also, there is now an English-language version of the print > guide Gault-Millau (ISBN 3-88472-675-7). > > This area, of course, is almost totally dedicated to Riesling, with > steep slopes and slate soils very similar to the northern Mosel. > Halbtrocken wines abound, and the prices are very moderate indeed. Sort of > a Riesling lover's paradise. > > If you are in the area, let me know, and we can share some > interesting wines. > > Kind regards, > Peter > > <TonyatWoodfalls@aol.com> schrieb: > > Hello Peter > > > > I was very interested in your reference to your favourite growers in the > > Mittelrhein region. I frequently visit Bernkastel and as it isn't > very far from > > Boppard I have visited there on occasion too. Please could you point > out some > > of your favourites, particularly if they have web sites, I could > then look to > > buy with confidence in the Boppard/Oberwessel area. My wife > like Feinherb > > wines in particular, but this is probably a category limited to > the Moselle. > > > > Incidentally how can one make the bureaucrats see sense > over uncomplicated > > wine laws? I hate to have to say it, but there appears to be a > better than > > you/snobbish element creeping out from the Rheingau region in all > this, even > > though they make some excellent wines. > > > > Look forward to hearing from you. > > > > Mit freundlichen Grussen > > > > Tony Gray > > > > > > More infos: www.wein-plus.com Unsubscribe: www.wein-plus.com/abmelden.htm |
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