I'm totally head over heels in love. I mean I love you GV, but this woman is simply fantastic. Please have her on again in the future.......pleasssse.

Going back in the archive, have not been keeping up with WLTV last couple of months. Finally a good looking women as a guest, you are finally, after 700 eps, getting it GV! Have her back anytime!

German Rieslings are among my favorite wines!

"It's Juicy"! Yikes!

What an enchanting young lady. Makes me feel very old.

Love German reislings, been drinking them all my life (German heritage) sad that they are no longer so affordable in the U.S.

I still want to marry her..

Hi Gary,

great show!

@ Roland: first of all you are absolutely right with the arguments mentioned in your comment: but, would you please be quiet and stop telling the world that there is even much more better riesling in Germany... ;-)
Sssshh...

Greetings from Germany
Guido

Hi,

not sure I would call it a serious German wine show - the wines may be a bit expensive in the States, but are quite inexpensive in Europe, making them everyday type of wines. A 10 dollar American wine that sells for 30 dollars in Sweden isn't very serious, even if 30 dollars is a lot of money. If you are going to get serious, then try the wines in a better venue and go up in price.

Nothing unusual about Bocksbeutel (goat scrotum) - and not an indicator of quality.

Go Wine Queen! Thanks for the entertainment and vast knowledge!

QOTD: I can only generally find the super sweet wines for a reasonable price, so I rarely buy them. But I love a good dry Riesling!

always loved your shows

QOTD: Love them, esp JJ Prum

Sorry Mr. Grieco!!!

who's the douche bag in the sleeveless T-shirt that keeps walking by

German wine queen is BEAUTIFUL!!! Sorry Gary but she is easier to look at :-)

Great show. Your guest was charming, and had a great knowledge of wine. Be careful...she could replace you on the Thunder Show in a heartbeat!

QOTD: I recently started enjoying German Rieslings. After years of Chateau Ste. Michelle Rieslings (which I like), I was pleasantly surprised at the acidity and balance of the German wines. Riesling can be very complex and us Americans can learn a lot from the Germans.

Hi Gary!

Good show.

I wanna do the same...
Look at this way,:for the first time you would actually have proper pronounciation of Portuguese varieties . Wouldnt that be great? :)

Saúde!

The first bottle I ever had was a Spätbugunder in Germany. I like dry Rieslings, but it almost always ends up taking a backseat to Albariño for me. Still, I'll always have a soft spot for German wines.

Would so much enjoyed your guest well-lighted with acceptable sound. Pick her up in a wine bar, fine. But invite her back to the Wine Library studio/office so we can see her beauty and hear her wine wisdom.

QOTD: Riesling is wonderfully versatile and delicious; I will drink it in a heartbeat anytime. As I would most German wines. As I would most wines, no matter where they are well made. Especially when poured by a wine princess.

Nice & loud show GV!

Lovely guest. (Wine lovers dream girl!) ;)

What was that steam cloud?? Very, very funny! That place is awesome, but looks (and sounds) more a pub than a wine place…

Excellent show, although it was very difficult to hear your lovely guest, Pity. She has a beautiful smile and seemed quite knowledgeable about her German wines.

QOTD: I like German wines, but admittedly, I don't drink very much of them or of Riesling. We still lean heavily towards red wines at my house.

NYPaD

The wine queen is the one with the gorgeous nose...
Way better looking than you OR Robert Parker.

In Chile Undurraga has the same bottle style as the Schmitt's..waiters say that it is easier to pour one handed. I understand that Riesling was big in the US back in the 50's, got to wonder why it fell out of favor now that it is making a comeback. So versatile, and so reflective of its terroir...we just to have keep trying them. The 2007s are generally really great.

Mott is the man...he can do it all at once.

Watched this before, and finally getting around to leaving a comment.
I LOVE Riesling! It is my favorite grape. I prefer the peach, apricot, honey flavors over the apple ones but don't care if it is dry or sweet as they are all good. A little kerosene and good minerality make for even better wines. I love the explosive nose, followed by fresh, juicy flavors. Oh Yes! I am in that 3% of Riesling nerds and proud of it! :)

QotD: I love German wines, the Rieslings and blends I've had were excellent and reasonably priced. Trokkenberenausele [sp] is on my wine bucket list.

I find it bogus that you somehow say that if you are getting to be 30 you are somehow less "cool". Who the hell decided who and what is cool, and why should some club kid be cooler than say a 55 year old English professor.. please don't fall into the myth of our culture that young is better than old

QOTD - love German wines and love riesling in general... definitely one of my favourite grapes.

Great guest Gary,
Fun episode featuring one of my favorite wine makers in the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Geltz Zilliken. That being said, I am not sure you have tasted
very many bottles of Zilliken. His acidity is never razor sharp nor harsh and can seem deceivingly low. However, once you drink more bottles of his wine, you will recognize that his acidity on average is much higher than other rieslings, and very mature and elegant.
One of the characteristics of Zilliken's wines is the elegance, which can lead some tasters to believe that the acidity is low. Also, this wine as at the Auslese level, so the residual sugar will balance the acidity also making it appear lower than it actually is.
And, you are right, Riesling's capability to age is very often underestimated.
Check out my tasting note on a 20 year old Karthäuserhof:
http://vinosseur.com/category/3-tasting-notes/g...

Thanks for doing another episode on German Riesling. I used to live in the Rheingau region for a couple of years and bought Rieslings directly at the wineries at that time. If you buy the Kloster Eberbach Steinberg Riesling at Kloster Eberbach, it is only EUR 7,20. That changes the QPR picture dramatically ;-)

QOTD: Pennsylvania does not have a good selection of German Rieslings. I avoid the PA rieslings. But I have enjoyed a few that are available in Delaware.

No fair, looks and brains....

qotd: love riesling from all over the world especially those from Germany. unfortunately with the crappy dollar, they've become pretty pricey. Fortunately I put away a number from 2001 and 2005 when the prices were more reasonable. of late, I'm mostly drinking Australian and Finger Lakes. Last couple of years have seen some terrific dry rieslings from the Finger Lakes.

very fun quest. not easy to hear her over the background noise although the mike definitely helped.

Enjoyed the show! Guest was engaging and definitely had some babe-lacious qualities.
Good call by jwink on the swearing at 17:26 in the episode. Not a girl to bring home to mama!

QOTD - Ich liebe das Riesling weines vom Deutschland.

Enjoyable episode. One thing I liked about the ice queen is how she looks at the wine as she's tasting it. Did anyone notice how her eyes get kind of big as she's contemplating the wine? Also, she swirls the wine in the glass like a pro.

If all the wine queens from all of the countries in the world were to compete for wine queen of the universe I'd vote for Marlies.

Gotta love the swearing in the background at the 17:26 mark dropping the S&F bombs LOL

QOTD: I like rieslings however I'm partial to my home-state Michigan wineries.

Great show. I adore Riesling. Keep going.

Love German wines and a fan/customer of Terroir NYC. But not liking the background noise. Poor job with the mic on Miss Uber wine babe....could barely hear her adorable accent. Keep up the good work............

I wish Americans were as proud of every thing like she was of Germany. Did you notice, she was Ms. Marketing on Germany, all good things, special little tidbits... I don't think a typical US citizen would talk so nice about the US items. sigh.

nice show. love the back ground cussing, and repeating of your words. cool.

I love Bocksbeutel. Did drink a lot of Sylvaner Spätlese when I was living in Germany. Here is something about the Bocksbeutel on Wikipedia :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxbeutel

You could be heard she couldn't. It looked good, though! Love the tiaras...

Excellent episode.

I'm a HUGE fan of german wines - and Riesling in particular.
I worked for ½ a year at a vinery in 1996 in Palatinate (Pfalz) and have completely fallen in love with these wines.

I'm a great fan of Riesling form this region in Germany. More fullbodied than Mosel and still with good acidity (unlike most of the wines from Baden)

Drink fresh young dry Riesling with fish and seefood (mussels - lobster etc) and drink the offdry Rieslings with asian cooking - or even Chili con Carne. It compliments the spicy and hot flavours perfectly with its fruitiness and light sweetness. TRY THAT OUT FOLKS !!!

I import the wines to Denmark (approx. 1000 km from where the wine grows) - and I have great fun with these wines.

If you want to try something a bit more exotic - look for Scheurebe

It's a bit like the german answear to NZ Sauvingnon Blanc.

Cheers

Per from Denmark

FANTASTIC, I repeat, FANTASTIC, episode!!!!! The German Wine Queen is very pretty when she sniffy sniffs and drinks.

QOTD: I love German Rieslings! I have mostly been drinking Kabinett and Spatlese and haven't gotten into the sweeter late harvest Rieslings. I've had a few dry Rieslings that I've also enjoyed.

QOTD: Well you know, German wines are not that good. If you have any, I'll send you a box with prepaid postage so you can send me your awful German wine. I will do that for you.

I enjoyed that episode a lot. And you had German wine royalty there with you. QOTD - I like German wines very much, especially when I am in Germany. It goes great with food and I enjoy the acidity of it. Reisling is my favorite German wine. I have had quite of bit of Franken wine when in Germany. It is good and the unusual bottle makes for interesting conversation. Vielen dank to the Wine Queen for being on the show.