{"id":674,"date":"2010-08-25T18:29:11","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T18:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/2010\/08\/25\/report-from-german-wine-tasting-august-17-2010\/"},"modified":"2010-08-25T18:29:11","modified_gmt":"2010-08-25T18:29:11","slug":"report-from-german-wine-tasting-august-17-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/2010\/08\/25\/report-from-german-wine-tasting-august-17-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Report from – German Wine Tasting … August 17, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nReport from – German Wine Tasting … August 17, 2010<\/p>\n

Every time I taste, or write, about German wine I think of Steve Martin, in the movie "Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid" when he mumbles the word "Gemerman" before passing out because someone has slipped him a mickey.  Thankfully most Gemerman wines don’t make you fall over, drunk or otherwise, because they have fairly low alcohol (10.5% or less) especially those lovely, racy, Rieslings we’ve all come to know and love.<\/p>\n

Today, at the George Brown College Culinary Academy, we sampled 10 Rieslings, a Silvaner, a Pinot Noir and a Huxelrebe (14 wines in total), and by the end of the tasting I knew why Riesling was Germany’s number one grape: they just do it so well on so many levels and in so many ways.  I had also tried some of the best coconut shrimp I have ever tasted – and it went so well with the dry Riesling … imagine that.<\/p>\n

Today’s top 5 were … (find out my top 5 wines of the day<\/span><\/a>)\n<\/p>\n

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\n To read about more interesting adventures thru the world of wine check out the On the Road With the Grape Guy blog. <\/span><\/a>\n<\/p>\n

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