Wine from the Rhine Valley or the Moselle Valley or from elsewhere?

[Rumpelstil]

Let me explain:

In German stories and novels, when it comes to choosing wine , people alway ask: "Rhein oder Mosel = Rhine or Moselle?"
Now even as a young boy I asked myself: "Are German writers so stupid that they only know these two types?"
And: "What about wine from other German regions - or from elsewhere?"
For all my ancestors have been winegrowers in Baden-Würtemberg, and I had worked a lot in winefields, even as a young boy.
And I found it a bit unfair that our wine was always ignored in stories and novels.
Things have changed for the better now.
So here is a poll now.

 

[Rumpelstil]

I could click onto all those options - except onto "I do not drink wine".

 

[Rumpelstil]

Even though this poll centers on German wine, it covers every possible wine in the World.
France you will find under "European countries".

 

[Rumpelstil]

About Franconia:

The wine-growing heart of Bavaria beats in Franconia:

Its famous “Bocksbeutel” wine bottle and its prized quality wines are well known around the world. Wine connoisseurs love the distinctive fruity but dry Franconian wines.

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www.bavaria.by

Bavaria may be better known for beer, but North Bavaria = Franconia also has fine wines.

 

[Rumpelstil]

Who else has tasted wine from Germany?
And from America, Africa, Asia, Australia & Oceania?

 

[BitterPill]

Who else has tasted wine from Germany?
And from America, Africa, Asia, Australia & Oceania?

I like the Rieslings.

 

[Rumpelstil]

I like the Rieslings.

I also like Rieslings - but it can also be another grape - for a change.

 

[Rumpelstil]

3 out of 3 say:

Rhine Valley​

 

[Rumpelstil]

@ Africa

I like Pinotage from South Africa

 

[JMR]

Though I checked off the category, I don't think I've had wine from Asia or Oceania.

 

[Rumpelstil]

The sad story of the Namibian wine ....

The history of Namibian wine production began with the colonisation of Namibia by Germany in 1884. The first vineyards in Namibia were planted by German Roman Catholic priests at the end of the 19th century in the mountain valleys of the suburb of Klein Windhoek in the capital city, Windhoek. They produced a white wine and a potent schnapps named "Katholischer". Production was halted in the late 1960s, when the last wine-making priest died and the vineyards made way for building classrooms for the church school, Saint-Paul's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namib... Namibia,potent schnapps named "Katholischer".

 

[Rumpelstil]

Though I checked off the category, I don't think I've had wine from Asia or Oceania.

@ Asia
I had wine from Israel in Germany - and Vietnamese wine in Vietnam.

@ Australia & Oceania
I had wine from Australia and from New Zealand here in Germany

 

[JMR]

@ Asia
I had wine from Israel in Germany - and Vietnamese wine in Vietnam.

@ Australia & Oceania
I had wine from Australia and from New Zealand here in Germany

I can't think of any wine from Asia that I have had. I've had lots of Australian wine, I looked at that separately from Oceania.

 

[Rumpelstil]

@ Wine from Baden or Württemberg

I am interested what wine you had from there - as Baden is my home region.

 

[Rumpelstil]

More precisely - the wine region around Baden-Baden is my home.
Here is a link in English:

A red wine produced in Affental in the German Baden wine region (Ortenau area). Already around 1250, Cistercian nuns of the Baden-Baden-Lichtental monastery planted vines. Near the vineyard there was a pilgrimage chapel visited by many pilgrims. In reference to the "Ave Maria" the valley was popularly called "Ave Tal". This is where the present name Affental (Monkey Valley) developed from. In the past, a red wine was traditionally made here from Blauer Arbst (Pinot Noir clone), today, Blue PinotNoir (Pinot Noir) is used. However, the wine has nothing to do with the grape variety Affenthaler, which probably originated here.

Affentaler

A red wine produced in Affental in the German Baden (Deutschland) wine region (Ortenau area). Already around 1250, Zisterzienser of the Baden-Baden-Lichtental monastery planted vines.

glossary.wein.plus

 

[Big Steve]

I like Columbia Valley wines.

I prefer reds over whites...

 

[Lovebug]

Who else has tasted wine from Germany?
And from America, Africa, Asia, Australia & Oceania?

German wine, Frankenwein, esp Bocksbeutel. Nice dry wine.
Aussie wine, yellowtail on few occasions.
Argentinian wine, I like some, but they give me heart burn.
Most of the time, water from the fridge filter.

 

[SarahSun]

I drink them all. I prefer white wine. Cant drink more than 2 glasses at a time though.

 

[Rumpelstil]

It all depends!
I prefer a good red wine over a bad white wine and a good white wine over a bad red wine.

 

[Rumpelstil]

When I am asked what wines from Baden I could recommend, I had to say: Hundreds of them.

But if I should name just three, then I would choose:

- a dry Riesling from Baden-Baden, maybe even in a traditional "Bocksbeutel".
- a fruity Traminer from Durbach
- a Spätburgunder (Pinot noir) from the Kaiserstuhl, a range of ancient volcanos, so the wine has some volcanic fire in it.

 

[EMNofSeattle]

I hear Austrian wine is really what you need to cool down…

 

[Rumpelstil]

I hear Austrian wine is really what you need to cool down…

And which Austrian wine could that be?
Maybe Gumpoldskirchner Zierfandler or Rotgipfler?

 

[Rumpelstil]

Wine from the land of Baden is better than wine from the Moselle.