German Wines : the most versatile wine in the world

Almost around 240,000 acres of German land is covered with vineyards, which produces white as well as red German wines drunk and enjoyed worldwide. German wines are known as most versatile and excellent sipping wines due to their fruit intensity, natural acidity, extreme diversity and crispness that are the result of Germany's unique climatic and geological conditions.

The ancient Romans, who dominated the region about 100 B.C. and started cultivating grapes, are recognized as the history originators of German Wines, in the Middle Ages Germany's finest vineyards established the new standard for the high quality of German viticulture and in 1803, Napoleon conquered the Rhine region and spread the fame of German wines world wide.

Wine production in Germany is different than other countries due to grape ripening process. Harvest in Germany takes place later than other places and due to long and gradual ripening period, grapes retain their fruit acidity, which gives these wines more flavor and aroma. German wines are becoming more and more popular among the wine lovers as their stimulating and refreshingly lively taste is difficult to forget.

Among various producers of Germany wines, there are few most extraordinary for their wines. One of such world's finest German wine manufacturers is J.J. Prum. Robert Weil and Reichsrat Von Buhl are some of the other German Wines producers known for their Dry and Sparkling Riesling. Though German Wines don't come cheap, but you can strike a good deal with vineyards directly.

German wines are manufactured in major three styles-trocken (dry), halbtrocken (semi-dry) or mild (slightly sweeter). Today more than 50% of the German wines are dry or semidry (especially QbA and Kabinett wines).

One of the categories of German wines is white wine that comes with varied flavors and tastes. Some of famous German Riesling includes Weier Riesling (Welschriesling, Klingelberger), which has a delicate fruity taste and golden yellow color with green reflection. Mller-Thurgau (Rivaner) gives a soft peach aroma and it's mostly consumed on hot days with soda water mix. Kerner has a light gold yellow color, a slight nutmeg flavor and it's very good with fish and meat.

Red wines include Trollinger (Gro Vernatsch) that has soft fruity taste and a ruby red color. Muskattrollinger has a distinctive nutmeg aroma and bright red color. Lemberger (Blaufrnkisch), this warm aromatic wine is served as a wonderful after dinner wine. Most of the German Wines are ready to drink as you buy them but certain wines like Sptlese, are more enjoyable after five to ten years of bottling.

Here are few tips about serving & storing German Wines, after all special wines deserve special attention. White wines are best served chilled to about 50° F (10° C) whereas red wines should be served at about 64° F (18° C). Either too cold or too warm would spoil the taste and fragrance. An ideal way of storing these wines is in a place that has a constant temperature of 50° to 55° F (10° to 12° C), that's cool, dimly lit, moderately humid and relatively quiet. It's also advisable to store the wines horizontally, so that the cork remains moist and elastic whereas wines with metal caps can be stored standing up.

German Wines are stimulating, light perfect wines that make them drinkable with anything and everything. As they are lower in alcohol, crisp and fruity, these wines are excellent for relaxing and entertaining. And because they have high natural acidity and crispness, they also cut through the fats, proteins and strong food flavors, and end up refreshing and cleansing the palate.



 

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