Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 months agoTIL rats can distinguish between Riesling and Sauvignon Blancpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down12
arrow-up182arrow-down1external-linkTIL rats can distinguish between Riesling and Sauvignon Blancpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·2 months agoThey’re at opposite sides of the sweetness spectrum, they should be distinguishable by sugar content alone.
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months agoRiesling can be anywhere in the sweetness scale, both can be equally dry.
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoEven Trocken is still sweeter than I’d associate with a Sauvignon Blanc, and if they’re just calling it “Riesling” it’s probably a Spatlese or something.
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoAny Riesling from Alsace will be XD.
They’re at opposite sides of the sweetness spectrum, they should be distinguishable by sugar content alone.
Riesling can be anywhere in the sweetness scale, both can be equally dry.
Even Trocken is still sweeter than I’d associate with a Sauvignon Blanc, and if they’re just calling it “Riesling” it’s probably a Spatlese or something.
Any Riesling from Alsace will be XD.