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Gewürztraminer Wine Cellar Index Updated 11/10/2007 "Mother Nature in Her goodness sent the grapes, to cheer both great and small; little fools will drink too much, and great fools not at all."
Note: These web pages, on Gewürztraminer wine, are going through many changes, please be patient as the story unfolds and more information is added. These web pages contain links to wines that this Editor enjoys drinking and learning more about (in particular - Gewürztraminer). The information has been gathered from many sources, and more (hopefully) will be added as tasting (that is information) becomes available. In fact, a search on www.google.com for the word Gewürztraminer (presently my personal favorite) produced over 210,000 results during one inquiry. My website has provided free collecting information since 1997, and these new pages about Gewürztraminer are no exception. Any revenues generated from your patronage of other websites listed will be used in acquiring wine for tasting notes. Please be patient as the web pages evolve, and sources are listed. Suggestions are appreciated. Thank you, Mike Reilly *****Note: Very Important - Most of the older vintage wines listed, even those with higher ratings, are well past their maturity, and would not be fit to drink, there are exceptions though. Refer to such wine buyer's guides (including those out of print) to help you determine whether a particular brand/vintage may still be suitable to drink. Many times noted tasting specialists will give their opinion as to how long the wine will age and still be drinkable. The older vintages listed on these web pages are to historically identify wine product; when produced and by what producer. The wine information content found is just that, information; no particular wine producer is being singled out for recommendation to purchase.
Find my personal tasting experiences with Gewürztraminer under What's in My Wine Cellar As I taste more and more Gewürztraminers, and compare them to the winemaker's or professional wine taster's notes, I feel that winemaker's ought to obtain tasting notes from individuals from different regions within this country and world, that is, if they intend to market their product outside of their own region, they need to know how people living there perceive the wine.. Why? Because people's palate or taste memories/recollections are attuned to the food obtained near their home. When you buy a California Gewürztraminer wine, it comes from a region of tropical-like fruit, oranges, grapefruit, lychees ( from southeast Asia to Hawaii to California - in the Midwest, Ha!). What do we have in Wisconsin - cranberries, cherries, cheese, beer, brandy and fish fries. Sure we have more available, but it's not standard food fare. Winemakers and tasters tell us what a wine is supposed to taste like, but it's based on their own food experiences, and many times it's where they live that determines this, or maybe they have a $500 aroma/taste kit they can reference. The Gewürztraminers of Alsace - how was the taste initially described as? Lychees, I don't think so. They mention spice, but what kind? I've heard that some exhibited a "peppery" taste. Aroma and taste has become that what are the popular/trendy ones (or regional). So leave your tasting expectations behind when tasting Gewürztraminers or any wines.
And a note to vineyard owners and winemakers throughout the world, "Please don't allow Gewürztraminer to become a forgotten wine, especially here in the U. S. Perhaps you have written it off already, but through creative advertising/marketing, it could once again rise to the wine world position it deserves. Look what happened to other popular varietals; people's taste and mood change, but history seems to repeat itself throughout the ages. Maybe changing its' name back to Traminer is a start in the right direction? Other countries often use the term in place of Gewürztraminer, Australia in particular seems to do so." With Alsace, France Gewurztraminers said to be the best, the winemakers of that region need to lower their bottles prices to levels that the average American wine drinker is willing to pay to try it. Importers must increase the supply, in quantity, quality, and label variety. Get Americans aware of the wine, show and inform them on what's available. Get them back on the side of Gewurztraminer or whatever you decide to call it and you'll have a hit once again.
Gewurztraminer Background Information What does Gewürztraminer wine smell and taste like? What food does Gewürztraminer wine pair up with well? Gewürztraminer Wine: Aging & Storing Gewürztraminer - Its' Other Names and Varieties Gewürztraminer Wine Growing Information Gewürztraminer Wine: The Vineyard Growers and Winemakers: Regional Index What's in My Other Wine Cellar Gewurztraminer Vintages and Tasting Notes
Gewürztraminer Wine: The Vineyard Growers and Winemakers: Regional Index "I have enjoyed great health at a great age because everyday since I can remember I have consumed a bottle of wine except when I have not felt well. Then I have consumed two bottles." - Bishop of Seville
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