Ep 394: Germany Overview

<p>After 10.5 years of doing the podcast I realized that we have never done an overview of Germany! Details, yes, but never the whole deal. Well, now we have.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/45638/pexels-matej-erkez-5040722.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /><em><span style= "font-size: 10pt;">Photo credit: Pexels</span></em></p> <p>We discuss an overview of the most important things to know about Germany so you can buy and try the wines more easily. We begin with an overview of the German wine industry, and a reassurance that most of the stuff for export is pretty darn good. Then we tackle the climate and land, both which are completely unlikely places for great viticulture, but for a few dedicated people and a few quirks in geography.</p> <p> </p> <p>We talk about the major grapes (spoiler alert: Riesling is huge here) and then we discuss various wine styles before giving an overview of the very rich history here, which is meant to give you context for how long Germany has been in the winemaking game and how significant the country has been in wine.</p> <p> </p> <p>The second half of the show is an overview of the major regions in Germany and then we wrap with a quick discussion of the classification system, which hopefully makes much more sense once you hear about the history, climate, and terroir of Germany.</p> <p> </p> <p>I love German wine. I think you could too, if you don’t already. I hope that this show (and the Germany section in the <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/dp/1452171343/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=winefornorm05-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=2bb7fceae030a615826eb661c0a02522&creativeASIN=1452171343"> WFNP book, which gives a lot of great detail)</a> can convince you to put it in the rotation more often!</p> <p> </p> <p>Here are the show notes:</p> <ul> <li>German wine regions are mainly in the southern and southwestern part of Germany, and are quite northerly, many at around 50-5