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Overthe last few decades, German wine has acquired a somewhat negative reputationof being cheap and sweet. However,German wine is much more than just Blue Nun, Liebfraumilch and Hock. Thecountry boasts a range of good quality and great tasting wines - you just needto know what to look for and how to get the most from them.
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If redwine is more your thing, you should taste Spatburgunder. You may have comeacross this as Pinot Noir in other wine growing countries and it makes adeliciously fine and fruity wine. Red wine is harder to produce in the Germanclimate but another good grape definitely worth a try is Dornfelder, which isgenerally darker and richer.
To helpyou in your quest for German wines, you might need a hand with the language andterminology. ?Troken? is a good word to know, as it indicates that a wine isdry. If you see ?Kabinett? Riesling, this means that the wine will be verylight and crisp. ?Spatlese? Rieslings will have more flavour and sweetness thana Kabinett wine, whereas ?Auslese? Rieslings are sweeter, richer and fulleragain.
If youfancy tasting a more unusual German wine then ?Eiswein?, which literally means?Ice wine?, is common in