It was great to meet you too, and thank you for your generosity, that Emrich-Schonleber was a treat.
The stigma of off-dry white wine been unsophisticated is very strong here (and there is also a sexist component about that), and Rieslings are generally perceived as being a sweet easy wine for people not into wine enough to drink the “real stuff”. I’ve have had first-hand experience with Aperol spritz lovers that won’t hesitate to reject a glass of white wine because “it is sweet”.
You would be surprised how mainstream orange wine has become, even my mother (she is 76) drinks it!
I have not paid close attention to the wine consumption trend, but I can’t help noticing that many of the restaurant that I frequent are working at around 75% capacity that this time a year ago.
You may want to follow this one as well, once in a while we manage to organize an offline
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