nevadatear wrote:Just did a recent teardrop trip to Lodi, CA, for their bird festival, which included wine tasting and birding combos trips! I'm more of a while/blush semi sweet fan. Not real fond of heavy on the "oak" wines. Current favs include the St Chappelle winery in Idaho, yeah, I know, not known as a hot bed of wine making, but love the Riesling. Just joined their wine club and got early Christmas present today. Two bottles dry Riesling, two sweeter special harvest and a "soft" rose.
http://www.stechapelle.com/about/index.asp. My favorite part is they are pretty cheap (all under $10). I also like a little tiny place in Hartville, Oh for their fruit wines, it is just down the road from my husband's old homestead.
http://www.maizevalleywinery.com/I have a take apart lexan class with a stem for backpackers that I got from peak62 for closeout cheap price, 2.00 I think.
Sarah never liked the "oakey","tanniney" wines either and really introduced me to the whites, as I was always a "red" kinda guy. I haven't had any Idaho wine, but thanks for pointing it out. I know the Rieslings were abundant when I had the fortuitous occasion to live in Koblenz, Germany, and were usually sold as "table-wine" along with the Gewurtztraminer and Federweisser since the area was blessed enough to be at the
confluence of the Rhine and Mosel rivers (and their respective wine-grape-growing valleys).
I really prefer a non-dry (sweet) white wine these days and'll definitely keep an eye out for the Idaho wines! Cheers!
P.S. Its strange but I feel like when I say I
like sweet wine these days its almost like I'm saying I really love to drink M-D 20/20 or Cold Duck or something.
BTW, my favorite everyday wine has got to be St. Genevieve (Fort Stockton,TX) Sauvignon Blanc. Go up a notch or two and we're lookin' at just about any Kiwi or Aussie White...they are just tasty!