See your merchant with questions. Soave Classico and Italian Primitivo also are good finds. Barbera and Dolcetto are also food friendly red wines for a wide range of cuisine. Eating Italian, drink Italian. Even still the best-kept secret.
All German wines are sweet.
Well, to some extent. There is some sweetness to German Riesling to varying degrees. It s all a question of balance. If the sugar is not complemented with acidity, the result is syrup, what some call Leibfraumilch. Riesling s sweetness is finished up with a refreshing blast of lip-smacking acidity, from a simple QbA to a rich Auslese.