Court of Wine

Below are the articles we reference in this week's episode.

TTB Publishes NPRMs to Repeal Standards of Fill for Wine and Distilled Spirits

Bordeaux Vintners Convicted of Fraud, but Fellow Winemakers Cry Foul

France Is Changing Key Wine Regulations

Food colouring found in blue wines

Winery Lawsuit Ramps Up the Drama

This week we continue of series on our favorite types of wine for summer with Riesling. Riesling is a white grape variety which originated in the Rhine region of Germany but it's grown all over the world.

We covered Riesling way back in March 2016 in episode four. Click here if you want to take a trip down memory lane.

Wine Recommendations

2016 Hogue Late Harvest Riesling - priced around $10.

• This wine has an intense nose of apricot, tangerine and lanolin
• It’s sweet, with high acidity and medium body with flavors of apricot, peach and tangerine
• 12.5% ABV but with the high amount of acidity and sweetness you can get away with pairing this with spicy food

Schlink Haus 2017 Riesling Kabinett Nahe - prcied around $12.

• This wine has a nose of peach, orange zest, and a hint of wax
• It’s medium sweet with medium plus acidity and medium minus body with flavors of candied orange and peach, apricot and honey
• This wine is sweet with ripe fruity flavors but not a flabby wine still lots of acidity with a long finish

Boundary Breaks Vineyard 2016 - priced around $19.

• This wine has a nose of Beeswax, nectarine, lime and green apple
• It’s medium dry so just a touch of sweetness, light body and medium plus acidity with flavors of peach, lime and green apple
• Because it’s medium dry with 12% ABV, we won’t recommend spicy food but lighter dishes or pair with cheeses
• This wine is light, soft and sophisticated with such a beautiful balance of flavors.

Nik Weis St Urbans-Hof Riesling 2016 - priced around $19.

• This wine really confused us at first. The nose starts with a burnt matchstick aroma and as it opens up you then get those fruity aromas of green apple, peach a little slate with we expected of the Mosel area
• It’s light bodied, medium sweet and medium plus acidity with flavors of green apple, minerality and light peach
• It has 10% ABV so this could be pair with spicy foods
• It’s sweet but lighter than the other German Riesling we talked about both in body in flavors

Sources:

• Wikipedia
• Wine Folly
• Bacchus Importers LTD

Summer is fast approaching which means it’s time to swap your boots and Cabs for sandals and light fruity wines. Some our favorite warm weather wines are dry Rosé. Rosé is a type of wine that incorporates some of the color from the grape skins, but not enough to qualify it as a red wine. They're made from a wide variety of grapes and can be found all around the globe. It can be made still, semi-sparkling or sparkling and with a wide range of sweetness levels from highly dry Provençal rosé to sweet White Zinfandels and blushes. Since there are so many types of Rosé wines, in this episode we are going to talk about winemaking techniques, flavors and recommend some awesome Rosé wine from four different regions.

In this episode we discuss:

• Different production methods of Rosé wine
• Brief history of Rosé wines
• Flavor characteristics
• Food pairings

May is Finger Lakes Wine Month and to celebrate, this episode is all about Finger Lakes!

New York state makes more wine than any other US state after California, and it's centered around the Finger Lakes AVA, which was established in 1982 and includes 11,000 acres of vineyards. It's the largest wine-producing region in New York State, located in Upstate New York, south of Lake Ontario and is home to 130 wineries producing about 90% of the state’s wine.

This week we discuss:

• The History of Finger Lakes wine region
• Climate and Geography of Finger Lakes
• Diversity of wine grapes in the Finger Lakes

Burgundy is all about two grapes: pinot noir and chardonnay, which is the only aspect of Burgundy that is simple. Everything else can be complex and confusing to the average wine lover but we are using the next two episodes to break down some of that confusion. Burgundy has such a long history of wine and vine cultivation so we are only going to scratch the surface. We hope you enjoy this episode.

In this week's episode we discuss:

• Early history of Burgundy wine
• Climate, Geography and grapes
• Red Burgundy flavor characteristics
• Red Burgundy food pairings