Is Blue Nun Liebfraumilch a sweet wine?

The name is a mouthful, and so is this sweet and wonderful white wine from Germany.

What does Liebfraumilch translate to in English?

Beloved lady’s milk
Liebfraumilch or Liebfrauenmilch (German for ‘Beloved lady’s milk’, in reference to the Virgin Mary) is a style of semi-sweet white German wine which may be produced, mostly for export, in the regions Rheinhessen, Palatinate, Rheingau, and Nahe.

What kind of wine is Liebfraumilch?

semi-sweet white wine
Liebraumilch is not a grape variety, but rather a style of semi-sweet white wine that is produced in Germany. The name Liebraumilch means “Beloved lady’s milk”, in reference to the Virgin Mary. The grapes used must be at least 70% Riesling, Silvaner or Müller-Thurgau.

What is the difference between Riesling and Liebfraumilch?

These wines were called “Riesling,” but were actually Liebfraumilch, a cheap blended table wine. In fact, a true German Riesling is not blended with other grape varieties, and is usually sold as a vintage. Most are either dry or semi-sweet, with strong minerality and aromas of lime, lemon, apple, and pear.

Is Liebfraumilch a good wine?

Around the world, Liebfraumilch is one of the best known German wines of all – and let’s be honest: Not for all the right reasons. The “sweet & cheap” label has stuck to it for decades and wine connoisseurs tend to avoid Liebfraumilch like the plague. It’s largely forgotten history is far more glamorous though.

Is Blue Nun a cheap wine?

The wines may not have been as cheap and nasty as memory suggests, but they were not expensive and sophisticated, either. They were the face of German wine abroad and that face, like the Blue Nun herself, was more or less a colorful cartoon version of the great wines of Germany.

What is German Liebfraumilch?

Liebfraumilch is a German style of semi-sweet wine. Regulations state that at least 70 percent of the wine must be made from one or more of Riesling, Silvaner, Kerner or Müller-Thurgau. The latter is most likely to be the main component of any given bottle.

Is Liebfraumilch made from worms?

Originally derived from the Liebfrauenkirche, a church in Worms, the wine name (milk = minch = monk).

Is Liebfraumilch a dry wine?

These are bone-dry wines with a saline undertone — one of my favorite taste sensations in a white wine.

How do you drink a Liebfraumilch?

A Liebfraumilch must be at least 70% Riesling, M ller-Thurgau, Silvaner or Kerner. The wine should be drunk well chilled, and goes well with pungent cheese, apples, pears, and other crisp fruit. It tends to be drunk either before or after meals, but not during.

What happened to Liebfraumilch?

Now, the familiar Blue Nun is gone. The wine isn’t actually gone – you can still purchase Blue Nun Liebfraumilch at grocery stores and fine wine shops (but mostly grocery stores) almost anywhere in the country. But the bottle now sports an upscale label and some people think is has a new upscale taste, as well.

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