Somehow, when considering white wines for summer, I often overlook Chenin Blanc. I’m more likely to think about Viognier, Riesling, Torrontes, Pinot Blanc, even unoaked Chardonnay. I guess Chenin Blanc is the Rodney Dangerfield of white wines, it just gets no respect.
We are planning a trip to Africa in July 2014. We will be visiting Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. We will fly into Johannesburg then travel on to Chobe National Park via Victoria Falls. From Chobe we visit the Okavango Delta, then fly on to Kafue National Park in Zambia. Next, we fly to Zimbabwe and visit Hwange National Park before returning to Victoria Falls and then Johannesburg. Whew! This part of the trip is planned for us. We need only show up with our very minimal luggage.
2007 Thelema Cabernet Sauvignon “The Mint” tasting notes.
This week we tasted Chardonnay from several areas around the world.
You Be The Expert was the theme of this weeks Thursday tasting.
2009 Mulderbosch Chenin Blanc.
Cabernet Sauvignon from around the world was the subject of our Thursday night tasting this week.
We have been pretty busy this week so I’m going to write an abbreviated version of our Saturday night dinner. We had some interesting wines that I primarily want to mention. We started out with 2008 New Harbor Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand (Marlborough) and a 2005 Domaine Chantermerle Chablis. The New Harbor is a crisp high acid white with […]
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