The Ultimate Food Wine!

Oct 30, 2005 6 Replies

No sommeliers, wine writers and connoisseurs would disaggree that the friendliest wine with all cuisines is the humble Riesling, particularly those from Mosel which are fruity, slaty and naturally delicious with no sugar added. They are generally vinified in the off-dry style for good balance. They reflect the philosophy of the place they come from and are not made according to the "popular World fomula" of extreme dryness, extreme alcohol, extreme oaking. Some of the very good ones I'd tasted:



1) Donnhoff
2) Fritz Haag
3) Gunderloch
4) Dr. loosen
5) J.J. Prum

No objection at all, except for the simple fact that neither Dönnhoff nor Gunderloch are from Mosel.

M.

...humble Riesling, particularly those from Mosel which are fruity, slaty

Hi Michael I immediately thought the same as you, but the OP didn't really claim that any were from Mosel...! Anders (not convinced that Riesling fits all cuisines... an Argentinian steak with an Erdener Treppchen Kabinett?:-)

As long as we're naming names: J.J. Christoffel Florian Weingart Josef Leitz Herbert Messmer Weegmuller Keep 'em pouring!

"kenneth mccoy" skrev i melding news: snipped-for-privacy@storefull-3252.bay.webtv.net...

Sure! Anders

I only recently tried Christoffel but found the few 2003's I had to be quite good. I also forgot to mention Weingut Josef Spreitzer, the 2004 Oestricher Doosberg Spatelese is very very good. Also because I love Riesling I've had it with many meats (I don't like beef) including duck-- absolutely divine with smoked sturgeon!

For "everyday" Rieslings, I like Graff Piesporter Michelsberg or Leonard Kreusch Rheinhessen - not fancy, just fun!

Dan-O

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