I don't know how well Alsatian Riesling does overall, but good restaurants always seem to have some on the menu, and you will see some of the larger names in the more upmarket UK supermarkets too. In the UK Germany definitely suffers from the sweet images - people often won't try the sweeter wines, assuming sweet is plonk and not something you should have, and they will miss out on the dry wines assuming they might be sweet. I encounter this regularly. Once you pour them a glass though they tend to like the sweeter wines a lot, and are impressed by the quality of the dry wines.
We have to have words on Silvaner, clearly. Have you ever tried a German grand cru (GG) Silvaner from Franken? Or examples like Keller's Firebird?
In reply to Brand Germany by Vimpressionniste
Silvaner, baby!
I don't know how well Alsatian Riesling does overall, but good restaurants always seem to have some on the menu, and you will see some of the larger names in the more upmarket UK supermarkets too. In the UK Germany definitely suffers from the sweet images - people often won't try the sweeter wines, assuming sweet is plonk and not something you should have, and they will miss out on the dry wines assuming they might be sweet. I encounter this regularly. Once you pour them a glass though they tend to like the sweeter wines a lot, and are impressed by the quality of the dry wines.
We have to have words on Silvaner, clearly. Have you ever tried a German grand cru (GG) Silvaner from Franken? Or examples like Keller's Firebird?