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Big Bucks

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Great Wine Doesn't Have to Break the Bank

The amount of money wine lovers are willing to spend on a bottle seems, these days, to be creeping inexorably northward. Whatever has caused this—wine’s increasing popularity in this country, the incessant drumbeat of glowing reviews and articles about the next have-to-buy-it vintage—fewer people than ever before bat their eyes at bottle prices...

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Tagged Under: Bordeaux, Chile, Germany

Posted In: Wine Trends

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Riesling Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Riesling is the most famous grape variety in Germany. It produces wine than ranges from dry to extremely sweet, and covers all bases in between. The one constant is that the alcohol level in German Riesling is reliably low, a trait that has either boosted or diminished its popularity, depending on the prevailing popular tastes.

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Eiswein Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Eiswein is the famous dessert wine of Germany. The process by which it is made relies entirely on the largesse of Mother Nature. Simply put, bunches of grapes are left on the vine until they freeze. When this happens, they are picked and crushed immediately, a process that leaves the ice crystals behind and results solely in the sweet grape...read more
 

Mosel-Saar-Ruwer Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, January 24, 2007
The Mosel-Saar-Ruwer region (which is named after the Mosel, Saar, and Ruwer rivers) is one of the most highly regarded in all of Germany. And though the grape varieties Elbling and Muller-Thurgau are certainly grown there, it is the famous Riesling of the region that causes wine lovers all over the world to hyperventilate. These wines, which...read more
 

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Pfalz Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, January 24, 2007
This is a very important wine region in Southern Germany for the production of Riesling, Müller-Thurgau, and, perhaps surprisingly, Pinot Noir, known locally as Spätburgunder. This region is so accommodating to the growth of wine grapes because of its relatively temperate climate (for Germany, at least) and long growing season. As a result,...read more
 

Other German Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, January 24, 2007
From the far western wine regions abutting France's Alsace to the eastern region of Sachsen, on the Elbe River, Germany is one of the most exciting countries in the world in terms of its wine production. This is quite an accomplishment considering how much of Germany's wine fame is the result of a single grape: The noble and beloved Riesling....read more
 

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Rheingau Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Wednesday, January 24, 2007
This central German wine region is just as famous for its wines (in this case, some of the most exciting Rieslings in the world) as it is for the fact that, according the legend, it was here that the benefits of Botrytis Cinerea, or Noble Rot, were discovered. This, of course, paved the way for Germany's most expensive (and arguably finest)...read more
 

German Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Monday, July 31, 2006
Germany is famous for its sweet white wines, particularly the Riesling and Gewurztraminer grape varieties. In fact, German wine law divides the best wines by their level of sweetness; as the level of sweetness increases, so to does the price. But don't think that German wines are one-dimensional: They are, in fact, some of the most complex and...read more
 

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Trockenbeerenauslese Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Monday, January 29, 2007
Arguably the best name for any wine in the world, Trockenbeerenauslese wines are the result of that most famous fungus in the world of wine, Botrytis Cinerea, also known as Noble Rot. Trockenbeerenauslese wines are not made every year, as the fungus does not always strike. And when it does affect the desired grapes, they are, as a result,...read more
 

Rheinhessen Wines | Prices, Types & Reviews

Written By: Brian Freedman on Monday, January 29, 2007
The world-renowned vineyards of Nierstein are found here, and as a result, the Rheinhessen wine region is considered to be the home of the some of the best Rieslings in the world. Indeed, it is not an overstatement to draw the comparison between Nierstein and the vineyards of Vosne-Romanée in Burgundy, whose world-class Pinot Noir is arguably...read more
 

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