One of the most exciting white wines I’ve ever had
Tag: white wine pairing
Hans Wirsching Iphöfer Kronsberg Silvaner paired with farro, sweet peas and ricotta
The first thing that catches your eye about the Hans Wirsching Silvaner 2010 is the playful green bottle that holds the wine. The flattened, flask-shaped bottle is known as a bocksbeutel, or “buck bag.” It is used in the central German wine region of Franken, as well as in a […]
Valdespino Inocente Fino Sherry and Deliciosa Manzanilla
When I ask friends if they’ve ever tasted Fino sherry, a blank look spreads across their faces. Most have heard of sherry, of course, but images of English ladies of a certain age sipping the sweetish libation before dinner is what usually comes to mind. The blank look soon turns […]
Ravines Wine Cellars Chardonnay paired with autumn harvest salad
Ravines Wine Cellars is a Finger Lakes treasure. In the hands of its owner, the talented winemaker Morten Hallgren, Ravines has been making its mark on the region ever since the winery’s birth in 2000.
Gentilini Robola of Cephalonia, paired with roasted asparagus salad
Surrounded by dazzling turquoise-blue waters, the mountainous island of Cephalonia is the largest of the Ionian islands in western Greece. It’s also an island with its very own white grape variety: Robola.
Hermann J. Wiemer HJW and Magdalena Vineyard dry Rieslings, paired with radish-top soup
On a beautiful day in late September my husband and I decided to take a little road trip to the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. Although we very much needed a break from our relentlessly hectic schedules, the truth is that I had an ulterior motive: I wanted […]