Winery: Jacques & Francois Lurton
Brand/Type: Mendoza white
Vintage: 2006
Country: Argentina
Region: Mendoza
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Closure: Screw cap
Appearance: Pale gold
Aroma/Bouquet: Citrus and fruit.
This is a great everyday wine. Low priced but don’t let that fool you. This is a blend of Chenin, Torrontes, and Tokay Fermunt grapes that turns out to be a great tasting wine as well [...]
Winery: Il Valore
Brand/Type: Orvieto Classico
Vintage: 2005
Country: Italy
Region: Umbria
Alcohol content: 12%
Closure: Natural Cork
Appearance: Pale amber
Aroma/Bouquet: Herbal/spicy
This is a blend of Trebbiano toscano, Verdello, Grechetto, and Malvasia grapes from the Umbria region of Italy.
Dry with a crisp and clean taste. Not significant in mineral or acidity but not lacking either. Pairs well with seafood or summer salads. [...]
Winery: Kettmeir
Brand/Type: Pinot Grigio
Vintage: 2004
Country: Italy
Region: Trentino-Alto Adige
Alcohol content: 11.5%
Closure: Natural Cork
Appearance: Straw
Aroma/Bouquet: Woodsy, faint scent of pine, green apple
The Andersons General Store is such a wonderful place to shop for wine. They have an extensive selection of wines that could keep you busy searching for hours on end. One of my favorite things is [...]
Winery: Heidi Schröck
Brand/Type: Muscat
Vintage: 2000
Country: Austria
Region: Burgenland
Alcohol content: 13%
Closure: Natural Cork
Appearance: Pale straw, almost clear
Aroma/Bouquet: Floral
Forget what you think you know about Muscat. Most will associate this grape with sweet aperitifs; not so in this case. Heidi Schröck delivers a dry, yes dry, Muscat. It is very aromatic with a strong floral aroma.
This is [...]
Winery: Angel Tears
Brand/Type: 50% Muscat d’Alexandrie, 50% Chenin Blanc
Vintage: N/A
Country: South Africa
Region: Western Cape
Alcohol content: 13.5
Closure: Syntetic Cork
Appearance: Pale yellow
Aroma/Bouquet: Floral, faint hint of lemon.
Crisp, clean, good acidity, initial bit of sweetness (very light) sharp finish, full of peach and honeysuckle. It is labeled as semi-sweet but should be off-dry.
While the bottle and label looks [...]
Winery: Hugues Beaulieu
Brand/Type: Picpoul de Pinet
Vintage: 2005
Country: France
Region: Coteaux du Languedoc,
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Closure: Natural cork
Appearance: Pale yellow
Aroma/Bouquet: Grapefruit, Floral
Made from a rather obscure grape, the Picpoul, it makes an excellent alternative to Chardonnays; dry to off dry, very crisp with lemon, lime, and a touch of melon, with a strong mineral finish and pronounced acidity.
This [...]
Winery: Claar Cellars
Brand/Type: Late Harvest Riesling
Vintage: 2003
Country: USA
Region: Columbia Valley, Washington
Alcohol content: 12%
Closure: Synthetic cork
Appearance: Golden straw
Aroma/Bouquet: Pears, cotton candy
As you might expect, being a late harvest, this is a sweet Riesling. What you wouldn’t expect is 12% alcohol content nor the complexity that this wine has.
It has a strong but short lived [...]
Winery: Barton & Guestier
Brand/Type: Vouvray
Vintage: 2005
Country: France
Region: Loire Valley,Touraine
Alcohol content: 11.5%
Closure: Natural cork
Appearance: Pale straw
Aroma/Bouquet: Floral
This is very nice wine for accompanying a meal (poultry is ideal) or drinking alone.
It has a nice aroma that compliments the wines peach and pear flavors. It is crisp and light on the tongue, dry to off dry, well [...]
Winery: Ironstone Vineyards
Brand/Type: Riesling
Vintage: 2005
Country: Germany/California
Region: Pfalz
Alcohol content: 11%
Closure: Screw cap
Appearance: Pale straw
Aroma/Bouquet: Rubbing alcohol and Pine-sol
Tastes very tart at first then leaves a bitter lemony aftertaste. No real flavors other than lemon. Nothing that to remind you of a Riesling what so ever. This tastes more like solvent than wine.
The Ironstone Vineyards website [...]
Winery: Schmitt Sohne
Brand/Type: Riesling
Vintage: N/A
Country: Germany
Region: N/A
Alcohol content: 9%
Closure: Screw cap
Appearance: Pale straw
Aroma/Bouquet: Green Apple, solvent
I love a good Riesling. In fact I would have to say that Riesling is my favorite type of wine. Good Rieslings can be had fairly cheap (really good ones cost a bit more). The 2005 harvest has recently hit [...]
