chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) (01/18/84)
A wine that I have learned to kill for is a French Columbard put out by a
little winery called 'Valley of the Moon' in the Sonoma Valley area. It is
relatively cheap (~$5/btl.), but addictively good. Every so often, I trip
up to taste wines and buy a couple of cases. Unfortunately for you poor
people who aren't within 2 hours of the wine regions, they only sell
through the winery, so you can't get it (unless you come to one of my
parties or find out where they are).
Two wineries that get a wider distribution that you should keep an eye for
are Cakebread Cellars and Smother's Wineries. The first has a good line of
wines, and everything I have tasted has been very good. I have only tried
one Smother's wine (a rather new winery run by singers Tom and Dick), and
it shows a lot of potential (it was a white, and I think it was a Reisling,
but I don't remember offhand). I'm looking forward to trying more of their
works.
I'm not a great fan of the larger wineries (living near so many good small
ones spoils you), but the Robert Mondavi 'Muscato D'Oro' is a rather
amazing desert wine. It is a white made from muscatel grapes, has only 4%
alcohol, and should be served extremely cold. It is a real good way to
relax after a nice dinner.
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