On 8/25/20 7:42 PM, Ken Blake wrote:

>> Riesling is a very versatile white grape, but it's not an ideal choice
>> with most red meats.Â* I think that tomato-based dishes also can
>> overwhelm it.Â* With Riesling, it also depends on the sweetness level.
>> "Dessert wine"-type Rieslings (Auslese and up) are really not suited for
>> much food beyond certain cheeses and maybe nuts (ironically, they would
>> be terrible with most desserts).
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> Yes, but as I understand it, the term "dessert wine" does not mean a
> wine to be served with dessert. It mean a wine to be *used* as a dessert.
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Quite so, Ken, but that's not how a lot of people think of them, I find.

Mark Lipton