What wine are you drinking? Summer 2009

[Josh]

It's about time somebody did it!

As for me...

Baron Herzog Old Vine Zin (Lodi) 2005.

Was there a bad 2005 vintage anywhere on the planet? If there was, I haven't had it!

Great wine, and with chocolate, it's amazing.

[ratcheer]

I have bought several bottles this summer, but I haven't opened any, yet. :skep:

Tim

[OscarV]

Martin Codax Albarino 2006, I got about half dozen of these and we like them on weekends.

Also the Dry Traminette by Sandhill Crane, both are great summer wines.

[Josh]

Very nice choices.

To continue the summer wine theme, I'm having a nice glass of the Chateau Grand Traverse 2007 pinot noir vin gris, a nice, flavorful, but light rose. Really hits the spot when it's 90 degrees outside.:hot:

[bonneamie]

My post-work, summer-afternoon-on-the-screened-in-back-porch sip of wine is from another excellent bottle from the Wright Meyers winery of Shepherdsville KY. The last one was a very tasty vignolles. This one is a Riesling, very light, perfect summer wine. I'm not a big fan of whites but sometimes it's just too hot for red.

Not only is it good wine, but there's a good story about our visit to the tasting room.

[texascarl]

Rene' Barbier's Mediterrannean White. It's always tasty, it's always inexpensive. I've been trying to find another old staple, the latest Bonny Doon Vin Gris de Cigare. If I can't find some soon I'll glom onto another rose' and Randall will have to wait til next year to get my money.

[OscarV]

Not only is it good wine, but there's a good story about our visit to the tasting room.

...and that would be?

[Josh]

I've been trying to find another old staple, the latest Bonny Doon Vin Gris de Cigare. If I can't find some soon I'll glom onto another rose' and Randall will have to wait til next year to get my money.

That's one of my favorites too. I just picked up a bottle at TJ's a few weeks ago but I haven't opened it yet. I don't think I've had a bad bottle from Bonny Doon.

I don't remember the Wright-Meyer story, other than watching the Boilers at the tasting bar:grin:

[jburlowski]

Laid in some New Age: one of our favorite summer whites.

[bonneamie]

...and that would be?

[Josh]

A few months ago I discovered that the local Meijer had a half shelf full of 2-4 y/o Rielslings and Gewüztraminers from Covey Run and Columbia Crest. All priced $8-10 too.

I've been enjoying all these all summer. Now I'm having a glass of the 2006 Covery Run

Riesling. Very nice and light, but a bit of pear. Very tasty, and going down quickly.

[Martian]

I've been enjoying a very nice crisp and dry Llano Estacado Sauvignon Blanc from the Texas Panhandle.

[OscarV]

BTAC 2007 William Larue Weller, neat.

Crazy stuff been going on at work and home, but the dust is settling and I feel like I deserve some WLarueW.

[smokinjoe]

BTAC 2007 William Larue Weller, neat.

Crazy stuff been going on at work and home, but the dust is settling and I feel like I deserve some WLarueW.

O, your post here confirms that that the craziness is affecting you. That WLW'll straighten you out, though!

[Josh]

BTAC 2007 William Larue Weller, neat.

Crazy stuff been going on at work and home, but the dust is settling and I feel like I deserve some WLarueW.

O, your post here confirms that that the craziness is affecting you. That WLW'll straighten you out, though!

:slappin:

On day two of touring around wineries in the Finger Lakes. So far have 12 bottles from 8 or so winieries. And we skipped more than half of them! Not including the stop at Niagara on the Lake en route to NY.

I have a feeling lots of those will be showing up her very soon.:grin:

Hoping to do some dusty hunting too, but not a lot of luck yet.

[Josh]

:slappin:

On day two of touring around wineries in the Finger Lakes. So far have 12 bottles from 8 or so winieries. And we skipped more than half of them! Not including the stop at Niagara on the Lake en route to NY.

I have a feeling lots of those will be showing up her very soon.:grin:

Hoping to do some dusty hunting too, but not a lot of luck yet.

With supper last night I had a 2003 Cab Franc from Lakewood Vineyards on the southwest end of Seneca Lake. Very good. The Mrs. had a 2007 Cab Franc from Lamoreaux Landing Wine Cellars on the east side of the lake.

Cab Franc seems to grow really well in the northeast, much better than Cab Sauv. We've had lots of good ones here and back home in Michigan. As for the other vinifera reds, not so much (yet?).

[OscarV]

O, your post here confirms that that the craziness is affecting you. That WLW'll straighten you out, though!

Hmmm, yeah I see.

Nursing my wounds this morning, 3600 cases this week.

I think I will go with the Eagle Rare 101 for the 4th of July, (Eagle and stars on the label).

Opps, I posted wrong again.

[texascarl]

I'm drinking a lot of Columbia Crest Two Vines Vineyard 10 in this heat, the white blend and rose'. For today's BBQ I've also pulled out some Laurel Glen REDS, a tasty zin field blend.

[Josh]

I'm drinking a lot of Columbia Crest Two Vines Vineyard 10 in this heat, the white blend and rose'. For today's BBQ I've also pulled out some Laurel Glen REDS, a tasty zin field blend.

I don't think I've ever seen either of those. I'll have to keep a look out for them.

This afternoon I'm sipping a wine a friend brought back from Israel for me, Yarden 2007 Mt Hermon White. It's very refreshing, crisp Chard/Sauv. Blanc blend. Refreshing but robust at 13.5 % abv.

[Josh]

This afternoon I am finishing off a bottle of Honey Wine from Easley Winery in Indianapolis. I don't know what the distinction between a Honey Wine and a Mead is, but this stuff tastes like a mead, but much smoother. Not too bad, but it lacks the honey character of most meads.

I've also been working on a bottle of Cherise, a fortified cherry dessert wine from Chateau Chantal (Old Mission Penninsula, MI). Pretty good stuff.

[Jono]

I really enjoy Malbec ...tonight I had some Maipe Malbec with some ravioli.

Health wise...resveratrol is one of the "wonder" ingredients found in red wine and Malbec, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cynthiana etc. are high in it.

There are many factors....regions...cooler, damper is better. Australian wines are generally lower in resveratrol compared to other regions.

NY wines in particular get high marks: http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/pubs/wine_grape_found/wine97.html

http://ezinearticles.com/?What-Are-the-Best-Red-Wines-For-Resveratrol-Content?&id=1922889

Muscadine grape...native to Florida...highest average in the world..but it is rare. An exception to the cool, damp environs.

"Pinot Noir from its native Burgundy, France, as well as from Oregon, Washington State or New Zealand generally contains more resveratrol than the equivalent wine from a hotter, dryer area such as California or Australia."

[Josh]

I really enjoy Malbec ...tonight I had some Maipe Malbec with some ravioli.

Health wise...resveratrol is one of the "wonder" ingredients found in red wine and Malbec, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cynthiana etc. are high in it.

There are many factors....regions...cooler, damper is better. Australian wines are generally lower in resveratrol compared to other regions.

NY wines in particular get high marks: http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/pubs/wine_grape_found/wine97.html

http://ezinearticles.com/?What-Are-the-Best-Red-Wines-For-Resveratrol-Content?&id=1922889

Muscadine grape...native to Florida...highest average in the world..but it is rare. An exception to the cool, damp environs.

"Pinot Noir from its native Burgundy, France, as well as from Oregon, Washington State or New Zealand generally contains more resveratrol than the equivalent wine from a hotter, dryer area such as California or Australia."

[texascarl]

opened up a bottle of the 2006 Vin Gris de cigare.

I really, really like this stuff. Used to dine at a local wine bar near my office, they had a $10 bottle selection w/dinner every Tuesday. I'd rotate entree's every week, but always drank a bottle of this - it goes well with almost anything. The wine bar went out of business, this might be why. Heck, I can't find a bottle of VGdC now at retail for $10, so it really was a heckuva buy.

Malbec recommendation - Terra Rosa from Laurel Glen. Winemaker Patrick Campbell does a heckuva job. He used to make Terra Rosa w/Cab, then a Cab/Malbec blend and now it's all Malbec.

http://tinyurl.com/ksvovb

He also makes the REDS zin blend I mentioned upthread. My 'house red'.

http://tinyurl.com/layzal

[Josh]

I really, really like this stuff. Used to dine at a local wine bar near my office, they had a $10 bottle selection w/dinner every Tuesday. I'd rotate entree's every week, but always drank a bottle of this - it goes well with almost anything. The wine bar went out of business, this might be why. Heck, I can't find a bottle of VGdC now at retail for $10, so it really was a heckuva buy.

Malbec recommendation - Terra Rosa from Laurel Glen. Winemaker Patrick Campbell does a heckuva job. He used to make Terra Rosa w/Cab, then a Cab/Malbec blend and now it's all Malbec.

http://tinyurl.com/ksvovb

He also makes the REDS zin blend I mentioned upthread. My 'house red'.

http://tinyurl.com/layzal

Great suggestions. I've never had a Cali Malbec. Have to try the REDS too.

Just poured a glass of Keineweiss from Madison Vineyards (Madison, IN) and the wife noticed that it tasted like nail polish. So we dumped it out and poured something else.

That something else being a glass of Mallow Run (Bargersville, IN) Cayuga. Much better. Hard to describe tho, a little spicey, and little sweet, a little foxy. Very nice.

[texascarl]

Great suggestions. I've never had a Cali Malbec.

It's really an Argentine (Mendoza) Malbec made by a winemaker from California. Good stuff.