I guess it’s something that’s just gone out of fashion, almost half forgotten perhaps? Having said that I’m quite intrigued by your question. I know someone who runs a bar in a larger hospitality setting where I work on a regular basis. I’ll have to ask her next week when I’m back in.
I haven’t heard nor seen it for decades here “Downunder” so was surprised it still existed. Chilled on a warm day I found it enjoyable. I’m guessing you know what the name means.
I must have a peep sometime to see if stlll available here. Gee, seems so long ago.
I remember liebfraumilch from my teens. It was popular in the late 70s probably because there wasn’t much choice of affordable wines in those days, next to Pink Lady and Thunderbird.
I used to drink it but found it a little too sweet,i drink red wine now.
Sainsburys do a lovely bottle called Penguin,and it is under a fiver,in red and white.
I do not really drink but I too always loved Liebfraumilch and especially Black Tower and Blue Nun.
It doesn’t seem to be available now though.
Where do they still sell it?
I do not buy Liebfraumilch for myself - but I remember those teenage days when we all drank it,
Nowadays, I only buy Liebfraumilch when one of my two most long-standing friends come to stay - they have both retained the taste for the sweetness of Liebfraumilch - it is their favourite wine, so I buy it when they come to visit.
I have seen that mouth-pursing shudder if they have tried a glass of wine as dry as I like it, so I wouldn’t expect them to drink the wine I enjoy.
Most supermarkets around here stock Liebfraumilch - I try to find Blue Nun if I can but sometimes I have to fall back on a supermarket own-brand - I have not seen the Black Tower Brand for ages - is it still produced?
That reminds me - does anyone remember the popular Mateus Rose wine from Portugal in those oval shaped bottles? I used to love that too!
Just about every Bistro in England had empty Mateus Rose bottles on the tables, with candles stuck in the top - and copious amounts of candle wax flowing down the sides - it was a bit of an art to get the candle to “gutter” to send that wax flowing down the sides of the bottle! … yeah, a lot of folk from my generation had them at home too!
