A historically been predominately white, and the finest made from riesling. Many German wines are sweet and low in alcohol, light and unoaked. Historically many of the wines (other than late harvest wines) were probably dry. Recently much more German white wine is being made in the dry style again. Much of the wine sold in Germany is dry, however most exports are still of sweet wines, particularly to the traditional export markets such as Great Britain. Red wine has always been hard to produce in the German climate, and in the past was usually light coloured, closer to rosé or the red wines of Alsace. However recently there has been greatly increased demand and darker, richer red wines (often barrique aged) are produced from grapes such as Dornfelder and Spätburgunder, the German name for pinot noir. You can browse and buy some of the best German wines with the bets Vintages at WineLegend.
