Cannot believe what Waitrose have done, after all this supermarket more than any other have done more to satisfy us Riesling freaks to bring quality wine from top winemakers such as Loosen, Leitz and Burklin-Wolf, however you guys have to understand that there is still a very healthy and thriving market for these candy sweet wines, with much of the problem down to the ridiculous German wine laws set in 1971, and now with the recent updates spearheaded by the VDP you've gone and made it even more complex and complicated! You cannot deny, and I've said this in a previous post, that you're average £5.99-buying Brit perusing the aisles of MATEUS Rose, Blue Nun Merlot and Black Tower whatever has a goddam frigging clue what's inside a bottle of "Berg Kaisersteinfels Riesling Alte Reben/Terrassen, and you're too proud to do what Erni Loosen has done recently and add a very discreet "DRY" sticker on his wines to help Mr. Blue Nun buyer. In addition prices of pradikat Riesling have risen sharply over the past couple of years making it even more difficult in the current Aldi/Lidl dominated climate, so of course the consumer will stick with what they know and never venture outside of their comfort zone.
Over to you guys, and let me get back to my Dr.L at 32 Euros a bottle here in Riesling-free Mumbai.
Legends of Germany.
Cannot believe what Waitrose have done, after all this supermarket more than any other have done more to satisfy us Riesling freaks to bring quality wine from top winemakers such as Loosen, Leitz and Burklin-Wolf, however you guys have to understand that there is still a very healthy and thriving market for these candy sweet wines, with much of the problem down to the ridiculous German wine laws set in 1971, and now with the recent updates spearheaded by the VDP you've gone and made it even more complex and complicated! You cannot deny, and I've said this in a previous post, that you're average £5.99-buying Brit perusing the aisles of MATEUS Rose, Blue Nun Merlot and Black Tower whatever has a goddam frigging clue what's inside a bottle of "Berg Kaisersteinfels Riesling Alte Reben/Terrassen, and you're too proud to do what Erni Loosen has done recently and add a very discreet "DRY" sticker on his wines to help Mr. Blue Nun buyer. In addition prices of pradikat Riesling have risen sharply over the past couple of years making it even more difficult in the current Aldi/Lidl dominated climate, so of course the consumer will stick with what they know and never venture outside of their comfort zone.
Over to you guys, and let me get back to my Dr.L at 32 Euros a bottle here in Riesling-free Mumbai.