Spring has been good for trying antipodean wines and I am glad to see some Kiwi wines make it to my list of recommendations. Our Australian friends are, once again, noticeable by their absence. During the summer months I will endeavour to search out some good Aussie wines which must exist. In Spring we drank mostly French followed closely by Australian then New Zealand and Canadian with a few Spanish and Chilean rounding out our sampling
1. Meursault, Paul Garaudet, Vieille Vigne 2002 - Burgundy, France (17/20)
"expensive but beautiful, delicate, citrus, oaky, soft"
2. Rubens, Tempranillo, 2004 - Villamanrique, Ciudad Real, Spain (16/20)
"fruity, earthy, nice, a little tannic"
3. Oyster Bay, Sauvignon Blanc, 2005 - New Zealand (16/20)
"pungent, strong citrus and melon notes"
4. Kim Crawford, Sauvignon Blanc, 2005 - New Zealand (16/20)
"a more subtle Kiwi, citrus, melon, tangerine, very nice, worth $CAN25 (Euro17.62, UKP12.03, AUS30.20)"
This season I have also tried to find the best of the cheapest wines available here in western Canada. Below is my choice, not the greatest of wines but very drinkable and look at the price!
Cuvee Saint Pierre, Blanc de Blancs, Chardonnay - France
"nice drinkable not complex, wet!" $CAN8.90 (Euro6.27, UKP4.28, AUS10.75)
For more information ...
No website for Paul Garaudet, another example of how poorly French wines are marketed.
reubens
oyster bay
kim crawford
iron wine
5 comments:
wine in a can?
is it any good?
Have not tried it, will see if I can get hold of some.
wine in a can - hmm, have indeed drunk other alcohol from a can and it was fine - g and t, pimms, i mean it's so convenient, why not?
So you'll pick up a few tinnies then?
i don't really buy the booze in our house!
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