Riesling Lessons
Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Riesling Kabinett 2005 9% ABV | Price: about $19 I'm trying to learn about Riesling, so I'm buying all…
White Wines
Stony, Steely
Domaine de la Pepière Muscadet Sèvre et Maine sur Lie 2009 12% ABV | Price: about $15 This wine is clear pale yellow, offering…
Summer of Riesling
Prinz du Salm-Dalberg'sches Weingut Schloss Wallhausen Riesling200010% ABV | Price of current vintage: about $18–20 We don't know where we got this bottle, and…
Frosty
Hermann Wiemer Frost Cuvée2008Current price: about $12 In early May we visited the Finger Lakes of upstate New York, part of the group attending…
Toasted
Windy Oaks Estate One-Acre Estate Chardonnay2007Current price: about $38 We received two bottles of this about a year ago. We opened the first right…
Duly Noted
Gaia Estate Notios White2008Current price: about $15 We opened this southern Greek white to honor of the arrival in the U.S. of a friend…
O Grinho
Bonny Doon Vineyard Vinho Grinho2009Current price: about $20 (as club members we paid $17) Made from 56% Portuguese loureiro grapes and 44% Spanish albariño,…
Tasting Green
Höpler Grüner Veltliner2008Current price: about $17 Pale greenish gold, the nose is fresh like grass or new-cut hay. On the palate I get gooseberries,…
Lifted
Bonny Doon Vineyard Paso Robles Viognier2009Current price: about $20 (as club members we paid $17) This wine is a pure, pale yellow, washed clean…
Bright
Ferrari-Carano Fumé Blanc2008Current price: about $14 Spring weather today, 68°F and sunny. My garlic's up, and one crocus—school bus yellow—popped open midday. It's time…
Yet Another Grape
Piero Mancini Vermentino di Gallura DOCG2006Current price: about $8 This white from the northeastern corner of Sardinia is very pale gold, offering aromas of…
Unaffected
Trimbach Pinot Blanc2006Current price: about $12 Very light, with a slightly flowery nose, clear and clean. It drinks a little appley, almost like dry…