Ask ze German

[Alex K]

What's not to hate?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw64f5ecDxs

[Longhorn]

Yuuck...that was so cheesy I can actually smell it

[Anomalocaris]

Personal preference, I find her the most talentless and cynically self promoting of recent major Pop stars.   Her continued existence, while perhaps not justifying a fuehrerbunker caliber of outburst, does seem to indicate tastelessness is invincible.

"recent", really. How old are you?
She was making pop when I was at school and that was a while ago now.

I am old enough to remember "like a virgin", to say nothing of "Evita".

But pop America music of low taste and high self absorption has existed since long before that, to antediluvian times if I am not mistaken.  

[Alex K]

Yuuck...that was so cheesy I can actually smell it

Yeah. And not like a nice aged Gruyère either.

[Anomalocaris]

Yuuck...that was so cheesy I can actually smell it

Yeah. And not like a nice aged Gruyère either.

Wish she had gone down with the titanic. 

[Pyrrho]

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Do you drink beer for breakfast?  And if not, why not?

Noy usually, but on special occasions when I'm in the region, there is the traditional bavarian Weisswurstfrühstück which traditionally involves wheat beer, honey mustard, brezn and white sausage.  My bavarian alma mater served it in the uni cafeteria.

I personally am from a wine region (with barely any beer made), and we've been known to have events that involve live music (usually) and drinking wine before noon called "Frühschoppen". A subtle subversion of the trope "Germany is Bavaria"

Okay wine.  I like wine even more than beer.

So, this drinking wine before noon, is it with breakfast?  And what type of wine is the preferred type for such occasions?

(Now I am starting to wonder why I don't drink wine with breakfast.  Oh yeah, I am more inclined to drink screwdrivers for breakfast.  I highly recommend them for starting the day.  I personally have never had a bad day when I started it with a screwdriver.  But maybe things are different in Germany, and maybe one should start the day with wine there.)

Is it true that Germany is better at making (or most known for) sweet white wines than for other kinds?  And do you know of any good vegan German wines that are exported to America?

[Alex K]

Is it true that Germany is better at making (or most known for) sweet white wines than for other kinds?  And do you know of any good vegan German wines that are exported to America?

No, that's a terrible terrible misconception because in the 70s and 80s, large amounts of sweet low quality wine have been exported from Germany. Quality has much improved since then due to various initiatives to limit quantity and a new quality-oriented philosophy. The true strength of German wine making is *dry*, mineral white wines - Riesling, Silvaner, Müller-Thurgau, and ...pinot blanc... with a richness that you don't really find anywhere else (I know of) once you get used to it.

By vegan wine, you mean ones that are fined without gelatine or egg?

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In my humble opinion, if you want to taste some things that exhibit these typical qualities, go to the home of my alma mater and try the stuff that's grown here:

[Pyrrho]

Is it true that Germany is better at making (or most known for) sweet white wines than for other kinds?  And do you know of any good vegan German wines that are exported to America?

No, that's a terrible terrible misconception because in the 70s and 80s, large amounts of sweet low quality wine has been exported from Germany. Quality has much improved since then due to various initiatives to limit quantity and a new quality-oriented philosophy. The true strength of German wine making is *dry*, mineral white wines - Riesling, Silvaner, Müller-Thurgau...

Actually, I remember drinking some good sweet German wine in the 1980's (a Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Auslese), but I do remember that there was plenty of low quality German whites that were imported to America at that time.  (I think there still are.)

By vegan wine, you mean ones that are fined without gelatine or egg?

Yes, or any other animal product in the fining process, such as casein or isinglass.  Or simply not fined at all.

[downbeatplumb]

"recent", really. How old are you?
She was making pop when I was at school and that was a while ago now.

I am old enough to remember "like a virgin", to say nothing of "Evita".

But pop America music of low taste and high self absorption has existed since long before that, to antediluvian times if I am not mistaken.  

But in her early days she had a certain slutty charm which does not translate well to a woman of, I presume, her mid seventies.

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Is it true that Germany is better at making (or most known for) sweet white wines than for other kinds?  And do you know of any good vegan German wines that are exported to America?

No, that's a terrible terrible misconception because in the 70s and 80s, large amounts of sweet low quality wine have been exported from Germany. Quality has much improved since then due to various initiatives to limit quantity and a new quality-oriented philosophy. The true strength of German wine making is *dry*, mineral white wines - Riesling, Silvaner, Müller-Thurgau, and ...pinot blanc... with a richness that you don't really find anywhere else (I know of) once you get used to it.

By vegan wine, you mean ones that are fined without gelatine or egg?

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In my humble opinion, if you want to taste some things that exhibit these typical qualities, go to the home of my alma mater and try the stuff that's grown here:

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

[Alex K]

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