"Federweißer and Zwiebelkuchen – autumn dream" Top 5 Page for this destination Germany Restaurant Tip by Trekki

A very popular dish almost everywhere in southern Germany during autumn is Zwiebelkuchen (onion cake). It is usually served together with “new wine”. Or in other words: it is the one and only dish you should eat together with the new wine. This new wine has nothing to do with the French Beaujolais Primeur, which is real wine, finished in fermentation. Neuer Wein is more of a still fermenting grape must, rather sweet and available as sparkling or non-sparkling, but it contains alcohol. Depending on the grape, you can have Federweisser (white grapes) or Federroter (red grapes).

The ones in my photos look quite different, but this has to do with the fermenting stage. The ones in the first two photos are higher concentrated and the fermentation has progressed more. We had these at the lovely terrace of Rheinstein Castle, on a beautiful sunny autumn day – highly recommendable to sample these while having such a beautiful view. The other photos were taken in Forst, at one of the typical Straußwirtschaften.

The best explanation about this kind of wine is in the website below, of Deutsches Wein Institut, German Wine Institute. It is in English and has a lot more interesting information about our wines and other products of grapes.

© Ingrid D., October 2008 (text revamp Dec. 2010)

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