It is interesting that you raised the issue of sweet German reds. Usually, people think of Germany when sweet white wines are being mentioned (I guess the reason that they don't think of reds is that not that many people beyond the wine trade associate Germany with red wines); and they may also think of sweet white wines being rubbish.
I love sweet white wines, good ones that is, but my first reaction when you mentioned sweet German reds was scepticism. The sweet German reds I have come across so far were mostly cheap wines that did not have much to offer in quality and should be avoided. The wine merchants and wineries I buy my wine from don't seem to do sweet(ish) German reds, so I have mostly missed out on this. I have tried a lovely Pinot Noir Beerenauslese though, but that was Austrian...
So it seems you know more about this than I do, at least as far as quality sweet German reds are concerned (at least I hope the wines you tasted were good).
Either way, to avoid confusions for those readers just quickly scanning this post: the Chileans Pinot here is definitely of the dry variety.
In reply to sweet pinot? by Krista
sweet German reds
It is interesting that you raised the issue of sweet German reds. Usually, people think of Germany when sweet white wines are being mentioned (I guess the reason that they don't think of reds is that not that many people beyond the wine trade associate Germany with red wines); and they may also think of sweet white wines being rubbish.
I love sweet white wines, good ones that is, but my first reaction when you mentioned sweet German reds was scepticism. The sweet German reds I have come across so far were mostly cheap wines that did not have much to offer in quality and should be avoided. The wine merchants and wineries I buy my wine from don't seem to do sweet(ish) German reds, so I have mostly missed out on this. I have tried a lovely Pinot Noir Beerenauslese though, but that was Austrian...
So it seems you know more about this than I do, at least as far as quality sweet German reds are concerned (at least I hope the wines you tasted were good).
Either way, to avoid confusions for those readers just quickly scanning this post: the Chileans Pinot here is definitely of the dry variety.