Although not a newbie to wine, I am a newbie to this group but couldn't resist so please bear with me.
Enjoyed a lovely homecooked meal of spicy Thai shrimp (don't mistake spicy for hot) on Sunday. Served a Hugel Gewerztraminer 2000, Tradition Hugel. Had everything you would expect from a well made Gewerz except it was 13% alcohol.
I am sufficiently familiar with the technical reasons for higher alcohol content (had hoped we could limit it to California Zin but alas...) but Alsace doesn't fit.
I live in hope that German rieslings and Alsatian Geverz will return to the lower alcohol levels that made their wines so enjoyable.
Ken Donovan