The Finest Wines of Germany: A Regional Guide to the Best Producers and Their Wines - Softcover

Reinhardt, Stephen

9781781310212: The Finest Wines of Germany: A Regional Guide to the Best Producers and Their Wines

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781310211 ISBN 13: 9781781310212

Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd, 1616

Focusing on one of the twenty-first century' s most exciting and innovative wine producing regions, this edition covers the most majestic of Rieslings, lesser-known varieties of Silvanor, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and upcoming classics such as Pinot Noir - hailed as the new ` Red Riesling' . With a history and wine culture dating back to the Middle Ages, German wine once had a reputation for subtlety and quality; Rieslings from the Rhine, Mosel and Saar were among the most sought-after and expensive wines in the world. However, throughout the World Wars, a perception of German wine as being ` cheap and sweet' emerged - a development encouraged by the 1971 German Wine Law, which based wine categories on sugar levels. Now 100 years since the last Golden Age of German Wine, a new era of rejuvenation, innovation and variety has dawned. The author looks in depth at topics including: climate and soil, the new generation of wine growers, developments in German drinking culture, as well as considering grape varieties and viticulture. The book concludes with a profile of the most noteworthy producing regions, vineyards and a list of classic vintages.

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From the Inside Flap:

This is arguably the best of the titles so far in the Finest Wines’ series and the best book about German wines in English for a generation.” --John Winthrop Haeger, author of North American Pinot Noir

The author’s voice is consistently engaged and enthusiastic, and his book should appeal to a general readership of wine lovers as well as to anyone with a professional interest in German wine.” --David Schildknecht, German wine authority for The Wine Advocate and the Oxford Companion to Wine

About the Author:

Stephan Reinhardt has been writing about German wine for more than ten years. He is the editor of the monthly German/Swiss review Weinwisser, and also contributes regularly to other publications including The World of Fine Wine, Falstaff and Effilee

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