Thread: German wine for German style meal

On 10/14/2010 4:19 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> My wife wants me to make her a German style meal for his birthday
> (spatzel, sausages, applesauce and red cabbage with apples), and I was
> wondering if anyone has suggestions for a German wine, since my wife
> does not like beer.
>
> Thanks
>
> tom

I think a Riesling would be very nice.

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On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:19:41 -0700 (PDT), "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>My wife wants me to make her a German style meal for his birthday
>(spatzel, sausages, applesauce and red cabbage with apples), and I was
>wondering if anyone has suggestions for a German wine, since my wife
>does not like beer.
>
>Thanks
>
>tom

Any good fruity white should do. A Moselle, Reisling or any of the
many German regional wines.

Cheers, Alan, Australia.
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On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:19:41 -0700 (PDT), "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> My wife wants me to make her a German style meal for his birthday
> (spatzel, sausages, applesauce and red cabbage with apples), and I was
> wondering if anyone has suggestions for a German wine, since my wife
> does not like beer.
>
Here are some online suggestions
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art44879.asp
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/love-...taetswein.html

Personally, I'd choose a dry Gewurztraminer from Chile or New Zealand.
It's not too sweet and has some spiciness that can stand up to strong
flavors, like sausage.

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sf wrote on Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:43:35 -0700:

>> My wife wants me to make her a German style meal for his
>> birthday (spatzel, sausages, applesauce and red cabbage with
>> apples), and I was wondering if anyone has suggestions for a
>> German wine, since my wife does not like beer.
>>
> Here are some online suggestions
> http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art44879.asp
> http://www.buzzle.com/articles/love-...taetswein.html

> Personally, I'd choose a dry Gewurztraminer from Chile or New
> Zealand. It's not too sweet and has some spiciness that can
> stand up to strong flavors, like sausage.

Not a bad choice. You are more likely to get a dry version from Chile,
NZ or Australia than Germany.

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[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

> My wife wants me to make her a German style meal for his birthday
> (spatzel, sausages, applesauce and red cabbage with apples), and I was
> wondering if anyone has suggestions for a German wine, since my wife
> does not like beer.

Depending on your preference, I'd suggest a not-too-dry Riesling wine,
such as a halbtrocken (semi-dry) Kabinett or even Spätlese. The wine's
balance of sweetness and acidity would match that meal well enough.
However, if you prefer dry wine, a dry Kabinett or even a dry QbA would
do nicely enough, too. In both cases, I'd choose a (usually) more
down-to-earth Rheinpfalz or Rheinhessen wine rather than Mosel or
Rheingau.

Short explanation: the "quality levels", i.e. QbA, Kabinett, Spätlese,
refer to the sugar content of the grapes used, in the rising order.
Rheinpfalz, Rheinhesen, Mosel, and Rheingau refer to the wine-growing
areas. Unfortunately, it would make little sense talking about German
wines without understanding these (and some other) terms.

Depending on where you live, you might not have much choice, anyway. In
Texas, Dallas area, for example, even in the otherwise very well stocked
wine stores, I could not find much that was recommendable in the small
German section.

Victor

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> My wife wants me to make her a German style meal for his birthday
> (spatzel, sausages, applesauce and red cabbage with apples), and I was
> wondering if anyone has suggestions for a German wine, since my wife
> does not like beer.
>
> Thanks
>
> tom


Liebfraumilch
http://www.wineintro.com/types/lieb.html

Or

Zeller Schwarze Katz

Dimitri

On 14/10/2010 5:19 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> My wife wants me to make her a German style meal for his birthday
> (spatzel, sausages, applesauce and red cabbage with apples), and I was
> wondering if anyone has suggestions for a German wine, since my wife
> does not like beer.


i don't know about the liquor stores in your area, but around here they
tend to display wines by country of origin. Since you are asking, I am
assuming that you don't know much about wines, so I would rule out a dry
wine and suggest a white. Mossel and Reisling German white wines.

[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> My wife wants me to make her a German style meal for his birthday
> (spatzel, sausages, applesauce and red cabbage with apples), and I was
> wondering if anyone has suggestions for a German wine, since my wife
> does not like beer.
>
> Thanks
>
> tom

I'd keep it authentic. You don't want the wine too sweet but not completely
dry either. I'd say a good quality Spaetlese Reisling would have some body
and character, and some sweetness without overpowering the food. At minimum,
if you get a German wine, get a wine marked "qualitatswein mit pradikat". If
you can get a specific estate bottle, so much the better. Look for a plain
black eagle logo on the label and you can be sure it's from a quality
vineyard. Anything labeled as above other than a kabinett (driest) or
spaetlese might be too sweet for mealtime consumption.

A gewurtztraminer would be good too, but I'd go for a French one from the
Alsace, spicier and much more authentic to the dish and its region of
origin.

MartyB

Victor Sack <[email protected]> wrote:
> [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> My wife wants me to make her a German style meal for his birthday
>> (spatzel, sausages, applesauce and red cabbage with apples), and I
>> was wondering if anyone has suggestions for a German wine, since my
>> wife does not like beer.
>
> Depending on your preference, I'd suggest a not-too-dry Riesling wine,
> such as a halbtrocken (semi-dry) Kabinett or even Spätlese. The
> wine's balance of sweetness and acidity would match that meal well
> enough. However, if you prefer dry wine, a dry Kabinett or even a dry
> QbA would do nicely enough, too. In both cases, I'd choose a
> (usually) more down-to-earth Rheinpfalz or Rheinhessen wine rather
> than Mosel or Rheingau.
>
> Short explanation: the "quality levels", i.e. QbA, Kabinett, Spätlese,
> refer to the sugar content of the grapes used, in the rising order.
> Rheinpfalz, Rheinhesen, Mosel, and Rheingau refer to the wine-growing
> areas. Unfortunately, it would make little sense talking about German
> wines without understanding these (and some other) terms.
>
> Depending on where you live, you might not have much choice, anyway.
> In Texas, Dallas area, for example, even in the otherwise very well
> stocked wine stores, I could not find much that was recommendable in
> the small German section.
>
> Victor

That's generally true of German wine selection here in Kansas City as well.
A wine store nearby used to have a huge selection of the best German wines.
Now they are down to a couple racks and the legendary vineyards aren't well
represented, if at all. I realize the market swung drastically away from
these wines a number of years ago, but they haven't rebounded and the lack
of selection is still ridiculous. If I ever see another bottle from JJ Prum
around here I'll probably stroke out on the spot. Perhaps it will be due to
the price.

MartyB

On 10/14/2010 4:57 PM, Victor Sack wrote:

> Depending on where you live, you might not have much choice, anyway. In
> Texas, Dallas area, for example, even in the otherwise very well stocked
> wine stores, I could not find much that was recommendable in the small
> German section.
>

St. Germaine makes a passable Reisling. The winery is in, of all
godforsaken places, Fort Stockton. When in Texas, you have to try Texas
wine, but don't bother with the stuff fro Del Rio. Yucky and overpriced


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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

On Oct 14, 2:57*pm, azaze...@koroviev.de (Victor Sack) wrote:

>
> Depending on where you live, you might not have much choice, anyway. *In
> Texas, Dallas area, for example, even in the otherwise very well stocked
> wine stores, I could not find much that was recommendable in the small
> German section.
>

The amount of choices will definitely depend on the OP's location.
Surprisingly, Detroit must have a wide selection, judging from the
people who try to order Piesporter in restaurants where I live.

Nunya Bidnits <[email protected]> wrote:

> If I ever see another bottle from JJ Prum
> around here I'll probably stroke out on the spot. Perhaps it will be due to
> the price.

The low end of Joh. Jos. Prüm offerings sometimes can be had for less
than 15 euros here - and they are seriously good! Of course, their
special bottlings from the best vineyards, especially Beerenauslese TBA
and Eiswein, could run into a few hundreds. These wines are bought
mostly by Germans. Still, on the whole, even such illustrious German
wines are still rather lower in price than their qualitative
counterparts elsewhere.

Victor

Janet Wilder <[email protected]> wrote:

> St. Germaine makes a passable Reisling. The winery is in, of all
> godforsaken places, Fort Stockton.

Don't you mean Ste-Geneviève? The wines I tried were unremarkable.

> When in Texas, you have to try Texas
> wine, but don't bother with the stuff fro Del Rio. Yucky and overpriced

Here is what I once posted about the wines tasted on one of my Texas
visits some years ago:

There are some very nice wines in Texas, surprisingly enough and
we tasted (and drank) quite a few. Llano Estacado have an impressive
range. Their Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, the Signature red and the
Passionelle blend are very good. Sister Creek, Fall Creek, and Cap Rock
all produce very good wines. Bell Mountain make a reasonable rendition
of German Riesling. Escondido and Ste-Geneviève wines are forgettable,
though. The wines are generally very good value, with Llano Estacado
Passionelle costing less than $5.

Victor