Useful German Wine Chart

I have about 13 gallons of 2009 Riesling that I'm getting ready to bottle and was wondering what category my wine fall into if it were a German wine. While surfing the net on the topic, I found this user friendly guide to German wines: http://www.rudiwiest.com/knowledge/matrix_advanced.pdf.

[David M. Bueker]

Ooh. They have added color and a nice graphic (I have the old black and white version). It is a handy reference for the basic requirements, but it does propagate the old prejudice of Riesling with residual sugar only being good for Asian food.

Hi Howie,
I like the International Riesling Foundation’s (IRF) system of classification when determining the taste profile of Riesling. Not only do they look at the sugar to acid ratio (when expressed as g/L), but they also consider the pH of the wine.

http://www.drinkriesling.com/wp-content ... ndards.pdf

Salute

[David M. Bueker]

I think the IRF's idea is interesting, but "Medium Dry" is just as confusing of a term as "Halbtrocken." What does it really mean?

People understand dry and sweet. Those middle ground terms confuse the heck out of them.