Great great insight! I also have friends that will ONLY drink dry reds and will never know the joys of my faves like Albariño, dry Rieslings, and sparkling wines. I’m forwarding your article to them in hopes they read it!
Friuli Venezia Giulia region of Italy has spectacular whites. It's worth a dedicated wine centric visit.
I still remember my first visit to the region. I found out they use so little sulfites that I no longer taste or smell it, and I have a chef's nose. They never over-oaked their wines like we suffered in California for years.
Love this! So very true - SO MANY great wines out there to love & have fun getting to know! I too am a fan of lighter reds, Albariño, Spanish cava, etc. Thank you for always inspiring me to expand my horizons even more!
I LOVE this. You are now preaching to the choir here. Once the girl so badly scarred by ghastly over-oaked, mass produced Chardonnay so much so I was terrified of white wine. Just big reds for me or possibly bone-dry rose in the summer but that was it.
Now. I am in love with Spanish Cava, and Chardonnay, Gamay and last night was hyper-local Albariño, so good it’s palate changed brilliantly as it crept closer to room temperature
Great great insight! I also have friends that will ONLY drink dry reds and will never know the joys of my faves like Albariño, dry Rieslings, and sparkling wines. I’m forwarding your article to them in hopes they read it!
Cheers Betty!
Friuli Venezia Giulia region of Italy has spectacular whites. It's worth a dedicated wine centric visit.
I still remember my first visit to the region. I found out they use so little sulfites that I no longer taste or smell it, and I have a chef's nose. They never over-oaked their wines like we suffered in California for years.
Love this! So very true - SO MANY great wines out there to love & have fun getting to know! I too am a fan of lighter reds, Albariño, Spanish cava, etc. Thank you for always inspiring me to expand my horizons even more!
Thanks Carol!
I LOVE this. You are now preaching to the choir here. Once the girl so badly scarred by ghastly over-oaked, mass produced Chardonnay so much so I was terrified of white wine. Just big reds for me or possibly bone-dry rose in the summer but that was it.
Now. I am in love with Spanish Cava, and Chardonnay, Gamay and last night was hyper-local Albariño, so good it’s palate changed brilliantly as it crept closer to room temperature
I can’t thank you enough for emboldening me!
This is brilliant Vicki, so happy you've branched out and importantly, are enjoying yourself!!