JUSTIN'S WINE PICKS
JULY 2, 2013
Wines
released for sale in Ontario on Saturday, July 6, 2013.
“Wine
has been the foremost of luxuries to millenia of mankind.” Hugh
Johnson.
BEST
WHITE WINE: Bollig-Lehnert Dhroner Hofberger Riesling Auslese 2009
$21.95.
Enticing
White Wines.
Tawse
Sketches Of Niagara Riesling 2012 $17.95. Extraordinary Value!
Joseph
Cattin Muscat 2011 Alsace $15.95. Paris Gold Medal Winner!
Domaine
Michel Colbois Chitry Bourgogne 2010 $18.95. Tastes like fine
Chablis.
Salviano
Orvieto Classico Superiore 2012 Umbria. “Lovely aromas of daffodil,
plum and pear.”
Best
Red Wine: Xavier Cuvee Anonyme Chateaneuf-Du-Pape 2009 $56.95.
Parker Score 96. “Copious notes of Garrigue, licorice, underbrush,
blackberries, black currants and graphite.” Will last comfortably
for 15 to 20 years.
“ Once
you accept the universe as being something expanding into an infinite
nothing which is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.”
Albert Einstein.
Fine
Reds
Alente
Premium Trincadeira/Aragonez 2009 Portugal $15.95. # 27 in Wine
Enthusiasts Top 100 Best Buys of 2012. Drink over the next 3 years.
Templarios
Colheita Seleccionada 2009 Portugal $15.95. Very well made, powerful
vino!
Montepeloso
A Quo 2010 $29.95 Tuscany. “Red plums, raspberries. A steal.”
Vignerons
Du Vallon Cuvee Reservee Marcillac 2010 S.W. France $15.95. Great
food wine!
We
visited my favourite Prince Edward County winery, SANDBANKS, on
Saturday and had a wonderful time. Wine samples with cheese were on
hand, as well as several gourmet food trucks. We ate great pork
sandwiches and tasted a Gewurztraminer, Chardonnay and their first
ever Pinot Noir. We purchased all three! Here is a winemaker that is
not into gouging their customers. Tasting prices are reasonable and
if you buy something the fees are waived!
The
Gewurztraminer was nicely floral with a dry, fruity palate. The Pinot
was light but aromatic and delicious. The Chardonnay was very clean
and refreshing and still had some oomph!
All
three were priced under $20.00.
Check
out their website for this event, and others throughout the year.
It's a fun way to enjoy an afternoon in the fresh air!
Great
books to read!
Inspector
Singh Investigates: A Curious Indian Cadaver by Shamini Flint. A most
fun detective story about a Sikh Detective from Singapore
investigating a murder in Mumbai.
Embers
of War by Fredrik Logevall. One of the finest war accounts I have
ever seen! A riveting account of the Vietnam War, from 1912 to the
present. The Viet Minh ( the Yankees invented Viet Cong) come out
looking much the more civilized of the protagonists.
Thanks,
Justin
