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Franz Heymann wrote:

Normalised to equal cultivated areas, English wines win far more first
prizes at blind tastings than German wines do.

.. I don't know why, but I suspect that it is because they are judging
on a different set of qualities to those even wine buffs use for
judging drinking quality. This is a common effect, in fashion, the
arts, and so on.

I gave up even trying English wines some years ago, after I had sought
out and tried some of the 'best of the breed', and found them thin at
best, and tasteless and/or acid in general. I would be prepared to
try again, but am disinclined to waste a lot of money and time trying
highly recommended gnat's **** and then being told "You must have been
unlucky - try another bottle/year/vinyard/whatever."

To David Rance: yes, quite a lot is my tastes. I don't like thin
wines, unless they are weak and for quaffing by the tankard (e.g.
many Austrian ones). And I don't like having to choose between
tastelessness and acidity. Also, I prefer red to white, and like
my reds heavy.

In that, I am neither being unreasonable nor am I unusual. I very
much like German and Austrian wines, especially the quaffing ones,
when they are appropriately balanced.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.