Thank you for your comment, Karl! It is really interesting to see how the perceptions of different groups of people differ. Many wine professionals adore German Riesling, but it seems to be different with the general public. Interestingly, several wine lovers I have met recently said very positive things about sweet German Riesling, but were disinterested with regards to dry Riesling from Germany - why do it, they said, if you are so good at making the sweeter wines? Austria and Australia, they said, could take care of the dry ones. Now, the Germans interestingly mostly drink dry and the prestigious grand cru Riesling wines are dry by definition. Then there are the people who think that sweet wines are evil rubbish, hence German wine is evil rubbish.
In that sense I get your frustration with regards to convincing people about the quality of German wine. I found that just putting them in front of a glass without telling them what it is worked quite well - this may also work for English wine.
Also, thank you for recommending Three Choirs Vineyards. I have yet to visit an English vineyard.
In reply to English vs German wines by Karl Laczko
English vs German wines
Thank you for your comment, Karl! It is really interesting to see how the perceptions of different groups of people differ. Many wine professionals adore German Riesling, but it seems to be different with the general public. Interestingly, several wine lovers I have met recently said very positive things about sweet German Riesling, but were disinterested with regards to dry Riesling from Germany - why do it, they said, if you are so good at making the sweeter wines? Austria and Australia, they said, could take care of the dry ones. Now, the Germans interestingly mostly drink dry and the prestigious grand cru Riesling wines are dry by definition. Then there are the people who think that sweet wines are evil rubbish, hence German wine is evil rubbish.
In that sense I get your frustration with regards to convincing people about the quality of German wine. I found that just putting them in front of a glass without telling them what it is worked quite well - this may also work for English wine.
Also, thank you for recommending Three Choirs Vineyards. I have yet to visit an English vineyard.