TomHill wrote:from Baden & Wurttemberg in Germany.
Unfortunately, you don't see a whole lot of these wines around.
This article, of course, fits right in w/ Jon's mantra of anything that is not "big wine" is good. So if you don't care for those diatribes, don't read it.
Interesting article. I've been following the Baden wines for a few years, in the US and Germany. I was initially attracted to them by the interesting terroir expression. As he notes, they don't necessarily come across as a direct extension of what's happening in the Mosel, Rhine, and Pfalz. But then again clearly they do belong in the same conversation.
The selection is obviously better in Germany, but most of the wines he lists are available in the US (although perhaps not in as wide distribution as some others).
And I don't know much about Jon's palate bias, but for what it's worth 'light' is not necessarily the main word I would use to describe Swabia. Some may be, some may not be. And when it comes to riesling in particular, the Baden wines are much more powerful than the Mosel and Rhine wines more commonly found in the US.
