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[Pyrrho]

I have never had a good German wine. and I've had a lot of wine A LOT OF WINE.

I see two reasons, first of all the stuff American supermarkets care to buy and import from here is not necessarily the pinnacle of wine culture, and secondly, German dry whites are often perceived as sour by Americans who are used to sweeter wines. It's a bit of an acquired taste

I may add, in some stores in the U.S. in which I have seen wine sold, all of the German wine is cheap stuff.  So you could try every German wine from some stores and only get swill.  But not generally worse swill than other wines sold at similar prices.

I have had good German wine in Germany, and I have had some good German wine while in the U.S.  However, most of the German wine I have seen sold here is not very good.


Edited to add:

This reminds me of my experience with beer.  While in Germany, I never had a bad beer.  I would go into little pubs in tiny towns, and just ask for a beer, and it was always good.  I cannot say that that would always work, as I went to a limited number of places, but I was quite impressed by the experience.  I would never just order a beer in the U.S., without perusing their beer selection.

While in the U.S., I have had German beer that is much worse than anything I had while in Germany.  But even the worst German beer that I have had in the U.S. is better than some commonly consumed American beers.  I have also had good German beer in the U.S.


It makes me wonder if they export all of their rejects to the U.S., along with some good stuff.