No sommeliers, wine writers and connoisseurs would disaggree that the
friendliest wine with all cuisines is the humble Riesling, particularly
those from Mosel which are fruity, slaty and naturally delicious with no
sugar added. They are generally vinified in the off-dry style for good
balance. They reflect the philosophy of the place they come from and are not
made according to the "popular World fomula" of extreme dryness, extreme
alcohol, extreme oaking.
Some of the very good ones I'd tasted:
1) Donnhoff
2) Fritz Haag
3) Gunderloch
4) Dr. loosen
5) J.J. Prum

"Raymond" wrote:

No sommeliers, wine writers and connoisseurs would disaggree
that the friendliest wine with all cuisines is the humble
Riesling, particularly those from Mosel which are fruity, slaty
and naturally delicious with no sugar added. They are generally
vinified in the off-dry style for good balance. They reflect the
philosophy of the place they come from and are not made
according to the "popular World fomula" of extreme dryness,
extreme alcohol, extreme oaking.
Some of the very good ones I'd tasted:
1) Donnhoff
2) Fritz Haag
3) Gunderloch
4) Dr. loosen
5) J.J. Prum

No objection at all, except for the simple fact that neither
Dönnhoff nor Gunderloch are from Mosel.

M.

"Michael Pronay" skrev i melding
...
"Raymond" wrote:

....humble Riesling, particularly those from Mosel which are fruity, slaty
and naturally delicious with no sugar added. ...
Some of the very good ones I'd tasted:
1) Donnhoff
2) Fritz Haag
3) Gunderloch
4) Dr. loosen
5) J.J. Prum

No objection at all, except for the simple fact that neither
Dönnhoff nor Gunderloch are from Mosel.

Hi Michael
I immediately thought the same as you, but the OP didn't really claim that
any were from Mosel...!
Anders
(not convinced that Riesling fits all cuisines... an Argentinian steak with
an Erdener Treppchen Kabinett?:-)

As long as we're naming names:
J.J. Christoffel
Florian Weingart
Josef Leitz
Herbert Messmer
Weegmuller
Keep 'em pouring!

"kenneth mccoy" skrev i melding
...
As long as we're naming names:
J.J. Christoffel -- Sorry, no, Hans-Leo sold out to Robert
Eymael a 3-4 years ago and the quality is way down, last good year was
2001.
Florian Weingart -- That's a good one
Josef Leitz -- Very good, I hear
Herbert Messmer -- Very good in 2002 I see, less so, apparently,
the following years
Weegmuller -- Unknown to me but highly rated in Gault-Millau for
2003 vintage
Keep 'em pouring!

Sure!
Anders

I only recently tried Christoffel but found the few 2003's I had to be
quite good. I also forgot to mention Weingut Josef Spreitzer, the 2004
Oestricher Doosberg Spatelese is very very good. Also because I love
Riesling I've had it with many meats (I don't like beef) including
duck-- absolutely divine with smoked sturgeon!

For "everyday" Rieslings, I like Graff Piesporter Michelsberg or
Leonard Kreusch Rheinhessen - not fancy, just fun!

Dan-O