Varietal: Albariño
Wine: Albariño
Label: Martin Codax
Region: Spain
Year: 2009
Date Tasted: January 2012
Notes:
This dry white presents an interesting combination, with a very medium body and strong (for a white) approach, but a somewhat restrained flavor. Although this wine has some bite, the taste is more sour acidic than bright acidic. Although there is some complexity to the palate, the notes and tones are within a tight group, presenting nectarine, hibiscus, and lime, but without a broad fruitiness.
Although this wine will not become one of our "workhorse" bottles with broad appeal and applicability, it does fill a niche match with a lighter meal having strong flavors that need an equal to push back, such as the pasta and cream sauce that goes with strong onions in chicken tetrazzini.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Space wine and a coffee alternative
Today's news brings two interesting stories.
Chile's Tremonte vineyard, whose owner is an avid astronomer, has produced a wine barrel fermented with a real meteorite believed to have come from the trans-Martian asteroid belt. Regardless of the flavor, the connection to the great unknown would certainly give consumption of a bottle a great sense of occasion.
Experimenting with ways to branch out from its core service of the morning coffee and fill its quieter hours, Starbucks will be offering beer and wine at a handful of locations. The new menu already exists in Seattle and Portland, and will be shortly expanding to Southern California, Chicago, and Atlanta.
Chile's Tremonte vineyard, whose owner is an avid astronomer, has produced a wine barrel fermented with a real meteorite believed to have come from the trans-Martian asteroid belt. Regardless of the flavor, the connection to the great unknown would certainly give consumption of a bottle a great sense of occasion.
Experimenting with ways to branch out from its core service of the morning coffee and fill its quieter hours, Starbucks will be offering beer and wine at a handful of locations. The new menu already exists in Seattle and Portland, and will be shortly expanding to Southern California, Chicago, and Atlanta.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Meanwhile in the United States...
While some Europeans are trying to fight regional controls, American vineyards on the west coast are excited by the addition of two new American Viticultural Areas (AVAs), adding to our list of recognized terroirs Naches Heights (Washington) and Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak (California).
(Although not mentioned in the article, AVAs are designated by the Department of the Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. In case you wanted to know where vineyard lobbying money goes.)
(Although not mentioned in the article, AVAs are designated by the Department of the Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. In case you wanted to know where vineyard lobbying money goes.)
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