Tag Archives: grapefruit

White Wine: Grunerveltliner Wachau, Austria

88 Points 

Light honey colored with flowers, fruit and grapefruit nose. Spicy grapefruit taste. A great wine chilled. It would be good as an apperatif or with white fish dishes. This wine is made in the Danube Valley. Gruner Veltliner is the number one grape varietal produced in Austria. A good table wine.

 

White Wine

Name: Grunerveltliner Wachau

Grape: Gruner Veltliner

Region:  Austria

Maker: Domaine Wachau

Price: $15

Alcohol: 12.1%

 

White Wine: Columbia Crest Chardonnay, 2004, Washington, U.S.A.

88 Points – $15

Clear in color with the aroma of peach and a buttery ripe fruit taste with a tangy grapefruit finish. A very popular Chardonnay. Best served chilled.

 

White Wine

Year: 2004

Name: Columbia Crest Chardonnay

Grape: Chardonnay

Region:  Washington, U.S.A.

Maker: Columbia Crest

Price: $15

Alcohol: 13.5%

White Wine: Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, 2006, New Zealand.

91-92 Points – $20-$25

A Marlborough New Zealand Sauvignon that is always outstanding. Matured in steel vats, this fragrant wine has a great nose of green grass, grapefruit and lime. A stony taste of grapefruit, passion fruit and tropical fruits with a great finish. Serve chilled. Number 40 wine of 2006 and number 40 wine of 2008.

White Wine

Year: 2006

Name: Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

Grape: Sauvignon Blanc

Region: New Zealand

Maker: Kim Crawford

Price: $20-$25

Alcohol: 13%

White Wine: Santorini 2004, Greece.

Great white wine for $15

Refreshing fruit nose. Flavors of grapefruit and peach. Serve chilled. A good wine on a hot day. Made from the ancient assytiko grape native to Santorini Island. Grapevines are grown in circles on the ground to retain moisture and protection from the Aeolian winds.

Year: 2004

Grape: Assytiko

Region: Greece

Maker: Boutari

Price Range: 15 Dollars

Alcohol: 13 %