The Austrian and German Riesling Problem
It became apparent during seminar mock exams that I really had no reasonable written answer for why I would note something as an Austrian Riesling vs a dry German example. If you want to list out problems that people are facing, this is about the most insignificant issue anyone would ever face. Essentially, if I have a white wine I'd describe as "acidic as fuck" and "severe", there's a pretty good chance it's from Austria or Germany. I'm not sure how the culture inserts itself into the wine style, but it's hard to offer a counter argument. You can have a Spanish white wine and can immediately feel like it belongs at a seaside party where there's a bunch of weird dance music that isn't as annoying as you'd expect it to be and you feel sunburned but you don't care and some dude named Javier just showed up with a bunch of tiny clams to toss on the grill and his impossibly beautiful girlfriend seems like she's flirting with ...
