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| Porthos |
Does Germany only produce white wines?I have never encountered a red whine from the Rhine region. Is there just not any white wine out of Germany? Is it too cold for these particular grapes or what? |
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| Uriel |
Not a wine drinker myself, but here's a site that talks about the wine in the Rhine:
http://www.destination360.com/europe/germany/wineries.php
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| fab |
87% of german wines are white ones. | ||
| Porthos |
Fab, what kind of wine do most people drink on a daily basis in France? Is there just a cheap palatable wine that people drink everyday, that doesn't break their bank account? I understand it flows like water over there, but over here, people just drink it on special occassions or maybe once or twice a week. | ||
| fab |
Well,
It depends of the people, and how much money they have. expensive millesimes wine are drinken only in special occasions, with a good meal at a good restaurant with your girlfirend, etc. But most people would drink more ordinary wines in ordinary occasions. |
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| Deborah |
My only experiences with French wines in France were drinking the house wines in the very inexpensive restaurants we went to (in 1970) or buying an inexpensive bottle in the stores. Either we had good luck or the quality of lower-priced wines was generally very good. | ||
| fab |
Yes, you can find good wines at a quite low price in all supermakets
Or you can also live close to a producer or cooperative and buy it there in big quantities. |
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| Fredrik |
Vin de table / Tafelwein and vin du pays / Landwein. It is my understanding that in areas with mostly white wine production (Germany and Alsace) people also drink white wines with meat dishes. It might strike you as improper, but when you live between the German vineyards, as I did for one year in Baden, it becomes quite natural. |
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| fab |
I Can sometimes drink white wine with meats, especially the Loire Valley white ones, but more genrally I think it goes better with fish and seafood. |
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| Porthos |
I don't see what's wrong with drinking whites with meat. I'm not experienced enough to be a wine snob, so that might be why. But, the thing is, I don't eat seafood anyway, aside from a few dishes. So, that only leaves meat and poultry. If anything, I think it's just the colors. Red wines go better with the flavor of red meat I suppose, but it's not like white wine is going to taste nasty with it either. |
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| Elaine |
Speak for yourself! I drink wine with practically every evening meal (that is, if I remember to eat an evening meal). And you can buy good table wine at the supermarket for less than $5.00 (there's always a sale on wine since there are so many brands competing for your $$). |
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| Deborah |
And at Trader Joe's there are always great deals on imported wines, as well. | ||
| Swede33 |
I drink wine once a week.
Mostly I drink wine that comes from the Pinot Noir grape. Never drink white wine especially not from Germany. Riesling is not a favourite mildly speaking. Nowadays we have very good quality red wines from SouthAfrica and Australia that are very priceworthy. The cheapest wine on Systembolaget is "Liebfraumilch" which is a german wine that most alcoholics know of. Still, the best wines comes from France. 
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