German’s Vineyard Plantation

German winemakers produce quite good red wine and vintage but that doesn’t mean that red wine is new to Germany. Red grapes now account for over a third of vineyard plantings in Germany, the private tasting of German wine teaches the wine practice that is akin to harvesting in public which might surprise those who automatically associate the country with its signature Riesling grape. Some red grapes were documented in the country as far back as the 14th century. German wine grows internationally however we are surely seeing more of Germany’s top red varietals stateside. Germany is one of the world’s oldest and most exciting wine producing regions that has been turning out stellar bottles for centuries and finding a perfect German wine Australia for any occasion will always be easy.

German wine has a made its reputation internationally, there are some consumers on the exporting markets that would see Germany with the world's most elegant and aromatically pure white wines while other’s associates the country mainly as the source of cheap, mass-market semi-sweet wines as the country is known to producing wines in many styles in a very good quality. But what would be the most distinctive characteristic of German wines? We can say that it is the high level of its acidity that is caused both by the ripeness of the grapes. Okay, so it's not the end of the worlds but one of the first lessons we cover in wine tasting is to hold the wineglass by the stem, not the bowl. Holding the wine glass by the bowl is a tough habit to break but it really does make sense to hold fine crystal by the stem. There are three big reasons for that: Holding the bowl in your hand heats the wine and can affect the flavors, you can't really swirl the wine properly by holding the bowl, and a clear wine glass gummed up by smudges and fingerprints is not only unsightly, it prevents a clear evaluation of the color and clarity of the wine. It is number 3 that gets my dander up most.

It's has been common for us to assume that German wine Australia is made from the type of grape that you see in your local grocery store, professionals in wine says that this isn't the case. Those table grapes that we eat raw are totally different. With their thin skin and farmers have bred them to be seedless or have very small seeds in years. While the Wine grapes are smaller and have thicker skins and lots of seeds on the other hand. Do you know that yeast is an ingredient in modern winemaking and it is very crucial? That the grapes actually have yeast organisms growing naturally on their skins? This is the reason why ancient people began to use this type of fruit to make wine in the past and the amount and type of yeast differs with the type of grape and its growing conditions such as the riper the grape is then the more yeast is growing on it and that is how they make the proper selection.