Did I say something wrong?

[winecollector]

Hello Rosieroon, and welcome aboard! Not knowing what your other post was, I went back, found it, and looked at it. I think all that Innkeeper was trying to say, is that you are priviledged to be in an area that makes some great wines. You will want to try some of the local wines that people like us over here in the USA may not know about, or even have access to. You need to see what wines are agreeable to your taste, whether dry or sweet, red or white. Most of the wines you are likely to find made in your local area are going to be white wines, and probably on the sweet side. If these kind of wines are not something you enjoy drinking, then you will want to try to find others.

As far as a recommendation for a good German wine, several of us here on the board like wines from Schmitt/Sohnne/Ruwer (not sure on the spelling), and they make some sweet and some dry.

As far as a book to recommend, when I got back into wines, I purchased a copy of Wine for Dummies, as it covers a lot of the basics, without getting too technical. There are other books as well, and you can probably do a search of some former posts and see other suggestions.

By the way, in my humble opinion I didn't find anything offensive in the post that you considered to be "sarcastic." However, I will be glad to "discipline" Innkeeper by rationing how much wine we let him drink while he makes his posts on here in the future! No, seriously, knowing Innkeeper, he was either just having some fun with you, or he was talking about an actual place he's been at before. We like to have fun with each other on here, so please don't take any of our clowning around seriously. There's a wealth of knowledge to be found on this site, so look around, learn, and try to enjoy yourself, and again, welcome aboard!