I Love German Wine and Food – A Rheinhessen Liebfraumilch
Rheinhessen is a relatively small area, there is sometimes called Rural thousand hills, between the Rhine and the Nahe River. When Charlemagne ruled the castle Rheinhessen wines were already known. Of all the thirteenGerman wine regions Rheinhessen is the largest area planted with vines and the highest production of wine. In fact, it accounts for more than a quarter of German wines and wine production area. Rheinhessen is also the highest percentage of such lower quality table wine, almost 12%. About 60% of middle quality QbA Rheinhessen wine, wine, and a little more than 25% QmP wines of superior quality. Approximately 87% of its wine is white, but increases the percentage of red wine.The most commonly grown varieties are the German hybrid Müller-Thurgau and Silvaner. Riesling is usually of higher quality and only about 10% of total production. Dornfelder is the red grape variety.
Worms are one of the oldest city in Germany. The original settlement was probably about six years ago. The Celts founded the city so long ago, Worms, together with Cologne and Trier claims to be the oldest city in Germany. It 'was an important place forclassic poem the Nibelungenlied (The songs of the Nibelung "), the transformation Richard Wagner classic opera.
Opera-lovers and history buffs would like to see Nibelungen Museum, worthy of two medieval towers, with a spectacular view of the old town. Be sure to see themselves, in order to Worms partly Gothic cathedral of San Pietro (St. Peter's Cathedral). This building was severely damaged during the war at the end of the seventeenth century. Worms Other sites of interestThe Holy Trinity Church (Church) in the Holy Trinity, "Luther Monument" (Luther Monument) and the Heylshof Kunsthaus (Art Gallery Heylshof). The Jewish cemetery Heiliger Sand (Jewish Cemetery Holy Sand) is the oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe. Some of the tombs are almost a thousand years. Orme also has a Jewish museum and synagogue.
In the suburbs north of Worms, including two towers Gothic church of Notre Dame (Our Lady), not known as a church, butbecause of its vineyards, the original site of Liebfraumilch. For decades, countless Americans and British thought Liebfraumilch as the epitome of German white wine. Many of them were too sweet for this wine, produced with imported mostly low-alcohol wine in the Rheinhessen and the Pfalz. This wine is exported, Germans drink almost never. Dog Worms city with a population of over 85 thousand inhabitants, a center for the German wine industry.
Before taking RheinhessenImports of wine and cheese that we were lucky enough to buy in a wine shop and a local Italian food store, here are some tips on what to eat with indigenous wine tours of the area.
) Start with Spunderkäs (fitted with cream cheese and onions.
Roasters For your second course (of a child to enjoy a spit roast pork).
Treat yourself to dessert iced coffee (coffee, ice cream and chocolate candy) in a cup of coffee.
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Wine reviews
Bihn Liebfraumilch 2005 of 9.7% of alcohol $ 7.50
We begin with an indication of marketing materials. Tasting notes of straw, flowers, green apple aroma and flavor with a hint of spice, dry and lightweight body
Serving brunch buffet and cuisine, quiche, salmon mousse.
My association with a salad of baby spinach firstTomatoes, feta, olives and California. The wine was light and fruity (Appley) and pleasant, but weak and short.
The next tasting involved cold grilled chicken salad with cucumber and onion and potato salad. Once again, the wine was light and fruity, but this time of medium length. It cut the fat boy.
The last meal consisted of a cake broccoli and cover with olive oil, Parmesan (baked with the cake, even later). The wine was light, refreshing andslightly sweet. This sweetness is not colliding with the salt and quiche. I finished the glass with an el cheapo chocolate ice cream sandwich. The wine was a little 'honey.
The first cheese from France with a French goat cheese was really resembled a Camembert. The wine was fruity and slightly sweet. So I tried to Liebfraumilch with a Swiss Gruyere. The wine was round and slightly acidic. Ok.
Verdict. Liebfraumilch this is never really somethingfood, but only a taste unpleasant, if not liquid, washing food down too. If your good enough for you, is a bargain, in spite of a past some 'dubious. Wine is poured on some food products every day. And I can not do all the wines over time. Liebfraumilch sometimes more or less fill the bill. I'm going to buy it again. But I'm sure when and where needed.
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