Welcome to our first Seasonal Varietal Tasting! I'm so excited to get started.
Since we're just booting up and it's late summer already, I thought instead of picking a particular varietal, we could all just share our favorite summer wines and get to know each other a little.
This thread will run until September 1, when we'll move on to another varietal or category. See proposed schedule.
That will give everyone time to order wines, buy a particular favorite, taste wine with friends, whatever fits your schedule.
I have just ordered two bottles of a wine I want to introduce you to, and I am so excited about it I just have to tell you a little about it, even though the bottles won't arrive until later this week. I have only ever had one glass of this wine, at a sashimi-bowl party, and it blew my socks off. We drank a lot of good wine that night, but I kept coming back to the Siegerrebe and peering mournfully into the empty bottle.
The grape is called Siegerrebe, a cross between Gewurztraminer and Madeleine Angevine. I thought it was extraordinarily complex and delicate, and I can't wait to try it again (and enjoy a whole bottle by myself). So, tasting notes to come!
Meanwhile, feel free to share your favorites and/or ask questions.
