Dry German Wine

Go for the word "trocken" on the label. Try to go to restaurants/ places that are recommended by wine geeks, trust their recommendations. Most speak English.

M.

Well, you should know that this ubiquitous plonk is not at all representative of what the Germans can do... Michaels advice is sound, but you might also want to look for Halbtrocken (semi-dry). And, speaking of sweet plonk - try a good Auslese or Beerenauslese for dessert to surprise you. Anders

Black cat selection? After 1971 "Black cat" or "Schwartze Katz" was the generic name given for wine from Zell and 2 neighboring villages, a total of

17 vineyards. Of course, the final product may contain up to 15% other wine.

Nitpicking: it is "Hochheim" - like in "High-home" :-)

Any estate can put their names on bottles... In such cases the wine usually is a blend. The best is always single vineyard wines and the label will always give that name, Vollrads and Johannisberg are an exception as both are single (huge) vineyard properties, afaik.

Anders

I've tried several Loosen wines, all of them were good but only one sticks in my mind as being great- that was a Berncastler Badstube Icewine; truly brilliant!