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Rahsaan

Rahsaan
I've been in Berlin for a few days and managed to drink a few nice wines.

A relaxing bottle of 2013 Rebholz Ganz Horn im Sonnenschein Riesling while dining with Slaton outside on the Gendarmenmarkt. Lovely fruity friendliness but also earthy savory undernotes and structure that made it all worth paying attention to.

With colleagues I went for the accessible pleasures of 2005 Alzinger Steinertal GV Smaragd and 2007 Prager Wachstum Bodenstein GV Smaragd. I was happy with both wines for what they had to offer, the relative finesse and elegance of the Alzinger and the seductive power of the Prager. Of course my colleagues found it easier to appreciate the 07 Prager. But hey, everyone went home happy.
 
Good choices.

I will be heading there in a couple days -- we'll miss each other, as you may recall -- but I'm thinking about all the winemakers in Germany who are never exported to the US. I recognize the names Alzinger and Prager but I'd like to drink something else good while I have the chance. But how to pick from among, say, 30 names I don't know on a wine list?
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
But how to pick from among, say, 30 names I don't know on a wine list?
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a) Ask the sommelier.

b) Have your smart phone handy! The indispensable source of information in our times!
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
But how to pick from among, say, 30 names I don't know on a wine list?
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a) Ask the sommelier.

b) Have your smart phone handy! The indispensable source of information in our times!
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a) yes

b) ooh that's a lot of typing in a little widget... and who knows whether Android supports the 'black' lettering
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
But how to pick from among, say, 30 names I don't know on a wine list?
Click to expand...

a) Ask the sommelier.

b) Have your smart phone handy! The indispensable source of information in our times!
Click to expand...

I found the folks at the retailer Viniculture to be very helpful and they have a well curated selection of disorderly wines.

I also had a mini-seminar at the hands of the guys at Rutz, who never missed the chance to pour things side-by-side or give me a splash of something just because I expressed an interest. I would qualify their list as one heavy on the stuff we people like.
 
originally posted by fillay:
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
But how to pick from among, say, 30 names I don't know on a wine list?
Click to expand...

a) Ask the sommelier.

b) Have your smart phone handy! The indispensable source of information in our times!
Click to expand...

I found the folks at the retailer Viniculture to be very helpful and they have a well curated selection of disorderly wines.

I also had a mini-seminar at the hands of the guys at Rutz, who never missed the chance to pour things side-by-side or give me a splash of something just because I expressed an interest. I would qualify their list as one heavy on the stuff we people like.
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Thank you, fillay! It turns out that Rutz is close to where I am staying and, indeed, they have a list that goes on for days.

I was going to save my purchases until I get to Frankfurt because it's a lot closer to the wine regions. (Alas, I am going to miss the Rheingau Wine Festival by a few days!)
 
Loved that Rebholz.

Cordobar (recommended by Rahsaan) also has a quite large tome of available bottles. The food was self-consciously quirky but mostly quite good.
Also: 2011 Enderle & Moll Liaison by the glass.
 
originally posted by slaton:
Cordobar (recommended by Rahsaan) also has a quite large tome of available bottles. The food was self-consciously quirky but mostly quite good.
Also: 2011 Enderle & Moll Liaison by the glass.
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Noted!
 
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