On Thu, 9 Sep 1999 Kevin wrote:

> rather than the quality of the product.  Plus, let's be honest.  A *German
> dessert wine*?  When the hell did Germany become famous for their
> wineries?  Beer, maybe.  But wine?!

Oh, just since Roman times.  I'll take a wine from the Main valley any
day, over any other bottle of wine on the planet.  Of course, that's just
personal taste, and 99.999999% of people would probably disagree with me.
:)

Actually, if I remember this right, the City of Wurzburg actually banned
beer forever, in the 1300's, because it was cutting into the profits of
the wineries.  Beer won.

I'm probably wrong, but I suspect that Germany is probably the only place
besides Canada, that makes a decent (dessert) ice wine, although their
conditions are not as suitable as here.  Anyone know?  

Ulu