Every Monday and Thursday, we discover new wines, regions, and ways to understand this fermenting sea.
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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
Category Archives: Riesling
Scheurebe Wine from Bruder Dr Becker, Rheinessen, Munich, Germany
With the holidays in full swing, we need to escape from the joy/stress of shopping, family/work parties. So Wayward Wine will up posts EU Austerity Drinking Tour in the following weeks.
Last Monday’s post, Munich’s Residenz palace managed to glow through winter. We slighted some rather nice beer (mainly out of frustration with the monopoly of big producers). So let us give Germanic wine a chance.
Munich lacks water bodies to make wine this deep into the continent. So this white comes of the steep banks of the Rein, in the heart of Germany’s western wine country: the Rheinhessen: Continue reading
Posted in EMPTIED BOTTLES, Riesling
Tagged Brüder Dr. Becker, Germany, Kabinett, Rhein river, Rheinhessen, riesling, scheurebe, wine
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Winter White Wine: Dry Riesling, Canoe Ridge, Snipes Vineyard, Columbia Valley, Washington 2007
Frost paints the earth silver. Thermostats shrink. Chill seeps through windows.
Instead of turning to robust reds for comfort, Wayward Wine will steer you from conformity. A huge Cabernet would crush your Thanksgiving turkey or Christmans goose. Instead, share the season’s cold snap and turn to a rich winter white.
This Thursday, our palates race to the highest elevations in Washington State. The grapes in question grew an average of 1,300 feet above sea level. They come from wine’s newest fringes: Horse Heaven Hills and Rattlesnake Hills, regions certified only in 2005 and 2006 respectively. Continue reading
Posted in EMPTIED BOTTLES, Riesling, White
Tagged Alsace, bread pudding, Canoe Ridge, Canoe Ridge Vineyard, Canoe Ridge Vineyards, Cascade Mountain, Christmas, Germany, Horse Heaven Hills, Jean Claude Van Damme, Matzo ball soup, Paul Gregutt, Rattlesnake Hills, riesling, Stag's Leap, Thanksgiving, Volvo, Vosges Mountains, Washington, Wine Enthusiast
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Dry Riesling, Ravines, Finger Lakes, New York 2010
Every day, customers come to me: “where are your sweet reds? Whites? Pinks?”, or “I’m a sweet person”, or worse, “I’m a dry person.” Really? Well, I have a lotion for that. Asking for only sweet or dry wine shortcuts … Continue reading
