? about Gewurztraminer

[migirl]

Is this a white wine? I need some for a recipe I'm making for dinner tonight, and can't find a definite answer online (and I don't really drink, so TIA for the idea to just crack it open and try it... ).

[HouseofWool]

Yes - it is a sweet white wine, similar to a reisling. (It's my all time favorite wine.)

[houseelf]

I heart Gewurztramner. Yes it is a sweet white.

Kelly

[HouseofWool]

If you can't find it in a store a sweet reisling would be an appropriate substitution.

[medpedspouse]

I think it is a wine on the sweeter side but I do not think it is as sweet as a riesling. I heart g-wines but not so much rieslings.

[HouseofWool]

All of the Gewrtztraminers I've tried have been significantly sweeter than reslings...

[medpedspouse]

All of the Gewrtztraminers I've tried have been significantly sweeter than reslings...

Really?? Let me know what kind of less sweeter rieslings you guys are having - so I can expand my horizons. I have only tried 3 maybe 4 rieslings and they have all been super sweet...so I do not get them anymore unless requested.

[HouseofWool]

Chateau St Michel is one of the drier ones that I have had. That said, most rieslings are pretty sweet.

[Vishenka69]

Rieslings come in 4 types - dry, semi-sweet, sweet and very sweet (or late harvest or ice wine). Gewurztraminer is closest to dry or semi-dry riesling. Both wines taste sweet and not very dry because they tend to have lower alcohol content.