Blood red in color with a nose of oak, boysenberry, black current and cherry. A nice mouth of boysenberry and blackberry. Smooth finish. A good wine for spicy pasta and meats.
Red Wine
Name: Chateau Ste Michelle
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: Columbia Valley Indian Wells
Maker: Chateau Ste Michelle
Price: $25
Alcohol: 14.5%
A light floral nosed wine with a smooth fruity nectar. Great chilled on a hot day with Thai food or salads. Oh to be under the influence of that Blonde!
White Wine
Name: The Blonde Bombshell
Grape: A blend: Chenin Blanc & Moscato grape
Region: Rutherford, U.S.A
Maker: Booth Production
Price: $19
Alcohol: 12.5%
Dijon clone pinot noir growing in Wright loam soil. Wagner ‘s dark red black wine with a fragrant of chocolate and toast. Mouth of velvety berry, black currant, rhubarb nose b and cherry. Smooth dry cherry and currant finish. An good wine to age. Great California Pinot.
Pinot Noir
Name: Belle Glos Pinot Noir the Dairyman
Grape: Pinot
Region: Russian River Valley Sonoma
Maker: Dairyman
Alcohol: 14.8%
Part of the Wagner family of wines. Ruby red in colour with a full nose of toast, oak and berry. Good structured blackberry, mushroom and coffee flavours. A good Californian Pinot!
Red
Name: Meiomi
Grape: Pinot Noir
Region: California, USA
Maker: Belle Glos Wines
Price: $25
Alcohol: 13.9%
During the long hot summer days, nothing is as refreshing as a properly chilled white wine. While red wines go well with meat and can cut through a heavy meal, their high alcohol content and thick body can tire one on a hot day. A crisp white wine with its lower alcohol content has less pucker and more cooling sparkle to help beat the heat. Some of this year’s recent favorites are:
From Austria:
Gruner Veltliner with its crisp white fruit flavours. 12% alcohol $16
From Italy:
Piemonte Moscato Pelassa with 5.5% alcohol and fizzante sparkle has apple and orange flavours. $21
Martini Asti – a full sparkling wine in the classic style with peach, pear and apple flavors. 7%alcohol $15
From Germany:
Relax Riesling with sweet flavors of white fruit and apple. 9% alcohol $12
From New Zealand:
Stoneleigh Sauvignon Blanc. Great star fruit and grapefruit notes. 90 pts. 12.5% alcohol $18
From the U.S.A.:
Bokisch Granacha Blanca a full grapefruit and green apple flavor in a great wine made from a Spanish grape varietal grown in California. 12.5% alcohol $22
From Canada:
Union White a well round white with flavors coming from four different grape varietals. Apple, pear, grapefruit and lychee. 12% alcohol $15
Remember to properly chill these wines, serve cold and Enjoy!
Red wine with a fine nose of oak and currant, soft bodied with a taste of mild fruit and a short tart finish. Ho hum.
Red Wine
Year: 2006
Name: Cabernet Sauvignon
Grape: Negroamaro
Region: Napa Valley, California, U.S.A.
Maker: Twenty Bench
Price: $29
Alcohol: 14.1%
This wine is one of Jayson Woodbridge’s finest. Dark red with a pipe tobacco and mocha nose. Rich taste of chocolate, fruit and spice with a full long spicey finish. Excellent stuff, drinking very nicely now with potential for some aging.
Red Wine
Year: 2009
Name: Layer Cake Cabernet Sauvignon
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: California, U.S.A.
Maker: Layer Cake
Price: $26
Alcohol: 14.1%
Very dark opaque wine with a nose of Black cherry and blueberries. Flavors of berry and lots of pepper. Long finish with zesty tannins. From the Sonoma Valley winery established in 1895. Number 10 wine of 2008. A very good Zin.
Red Wine
Year: 2008
Name: Sonoma Zinfandel
Grape: Zinfandel
Region: California
Maker: Seghesio
Price: $30
Alcohol: 15.5%
Dark burgundy red in color with a full nose of black cherry, oak and dark chocolate. A full taste that cots your mouth with black cherry, fruit and cocoa. Smooth finish without any harshness that one expects from young cabs, probably due to the lower alcohol content. A good drinking wine for meat.
Red Wine
Year: 2009
Name: Cannonball
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: California, U.S.A
Maker: Cannon Ball Winery
Price: $29
Alcohol: 13.8%
A translucent red with the nose of caramel, berries and leather. Flavors of toast, caramel and herbs with a buttery soft smooth finish.
Red Wine
Year: 2006
Name: Nuthouse Pinot Noir
Grape: Pinot Noir
Region: Willamette Valley, Oregon, U.S.A.
Maker: Argyle
Price: $59
Alcohol: 14.5%
