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Victor Sack[_1_]

> wrote:

> My wife wants me to make her a German style meal for his birthday
> (spatzel, sausages, applesauce and red cabbage with apples), and I was
> wondering if anyone has suggestions for a German wine, since my wife
> does not like beer.

Depending on your preference, I'd suggest a not-too-dry Riesling wine,
such as a halbtrocken (semi-dry) Kabinett or even Spätlese. The wine's
balance of sweetness and acidity would match that meal well enough.
However, if you prefer dry wine, a dry Kabinett or even a dry QbA would
do nicely enough, too. In both cases, I'd choose a (usually) more
down-to-earth Rheinpfalz or Rheinhessen wine rather than Mosel or
Rheingau.

Short explanation: the "quality levels", i.e. QbA, Kabinett, Spätlese,
refer to the sugar content of the grapes used, in the rising order.
Rheinpfalz, Rheinhesen, Mosel, and Rheingau refer to the wine-growing
areas. Unfortunately, it would make little sense talking about German
wines without understanding these (and some other) terms.

Depending on where you live, you might not have much choice, anyway. In
Texas, Dallas area, for example, even in the otherwise very well stocked
wine stores, I could not find much that was recommendable in the small
German section.

Victor