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To: Mark Marcellus who wrote (704)	5/13/2008 5:25:33 AM
From: MoneyPenny	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1277

Riesling is the Queen of grapes, if Cabernet is King. I do not drink it as often as I did 10 years ago as I've gone more "new world" with wine but a fine ir even just good Riesling is amazing with food. I think that people were so brainwashed regarding "sweetness" in wine, that Riesling almost disappeared from wine lists. MP

To: Mark Marcellus who wrote (704)	5/13/2008 1:25:04 PM
From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh	Respond to of 1277

A good Riesling and Asian foods are certainly a classic pairing. If you are ever in San Francisco, you should check out the Slanted Door ... a particularly exotic array of Vietnamese dishes and an incredible wine list filled with Rieslings and Gewurtztraminers (my other favorite pairing for these foods) among many others. But, in most cases I would pick a Spatlese or Kabinett over an Auslese for best pairing. Unfortunately, this isn't a category of wine we do very well with on this side of the pond. There are a few examples here and there, but not many. Most are insipid compared to German and Alsatian versions. But then, many would also fit the price limit of this board, while many of the originals wouldn't. For a good source, particularly of the Alsatian ones, check out Kermit Lynch kermitlynch.com His newsletter is worth subscribing to just for the prose and his wife's pictures.