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- Kasha - 06-19-2003
Recently some very lovely friends of ours gave us a bottle of wine as a "Thank You" gift for puppy sitting over night. It was a very nice gesture, and we were pleased to see that they thought of us on their trip. The only trouble is, they know less then I do about wine (and I admit I know almost nothing) and they chose the wine based on the looks of the bottle.
Now I admit, it is a very pretty bottle, lol. It is one of those were you can see a picture of a castle through the bottle. The front of the bottle tells me: Neushwanstein Castle, Riesling, Qualitätswein, and a side label tells me: 2001 MOSEL-SAAR-RUWER (no idea what that means, lol). Anyone have any idea what I'm getting into here? Anyone else have any great stories about recieving a bottle of wine, which was chosen because of its label? (This is the third time it's happened to me, and I've yet to get a good one, lol)
I plan on opening the bottle this evening, so cross your fingers for me, and hope at the very least that I get a cubic zirconia in the rough. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]
- ShaiNess - 06-19-2003
HI! Well, I'm a newbie too and I really don't know anything about wines, but Reislings are my current favorite so I say drink it with an open mind. Let me know if it's good. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]
P.S. I'm one of those people that buys bottles because they're pretty. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img] Then again, I usually read the label too.
- hotwine - 06-19-2003
Kasha, The Mosel-Sahr-Ruwer is a wine-producing region in SW Germany near the French border. Mosel, Sahr and Ruwer are all rivers in that region, and the Rieslings produced there commonly carry the group's name. Your wine is named for Schlos Neuschwantstein, a very famous castle in Bavaria, which served as the inspiration for Disney's fairyland castle. A delightful place, if you ever have the chance to visit Bavaria.
Suggest you chill the wine in the fridge for an hour or so before dinner, and serve it with cheese and crackers as an appetizer, or with entrees of poultry, pork or fish, prepared without a lot of spicey seasonings.
- Thomas - 06-19-2003
to paraphrase Hotwine's post, you got a nice little wine there, if used in the right circumstance, as he suggests.
- Kasha - 06-19-2003
I'm kind of excited to try the wine now, although I am still a bit nervous. I've had bad experiences, lol. I'm serving Honey-Garlic Chicken over white rice with carrots, and dessert of my super famous fruit salad (at least famous in the family, lol).
ShaiNess... I admit, I look at labels too. A lot of times a neat label will catch my eye, and then I'll read the label. My friends just saw the bottle, said "Oh, thats pretty" and bought it, no idea what they were buying! They wouldn't know a Riesling from a Cabernet! Ahh, but it's the thought that counts, and I know I'll enojy it whether it's good or not, since I know they went out of they were to get it for us. I have the best of friends! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img] I'll let you know what I thought.
Oh.. Thats the castle thats in the picture, its quite beautiful. It was built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria. When I was a little girl, fantasizing about being a princess in a far away land, the picture on my bottle is what I imagined my castle would look like. See how much pleasure the wine has brought me already, and I haven't even opened it yet?
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- Skeeter - 06-19-2003
Good old King Ludwig... he's one of my favourite historical nutters. Went harmlessly insane, to the point of having plays performed for him in empty theatres, while he sat behind a curtain in the royal box and peeked out at the stage.
He eventually drowned himself, along with the shrink who commited him.