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Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Chardonnay
WTN:
Corey Creek Vineyards 2005 Reserve Chardonnay
Too often, Long Island chardonnay is severely over oaked in an attempt
to make the rich, buttery style that (unfortunately) remains so popular
with consumers. Vineyards 2005 Reserve Chardonnay ($30) pulls it off.
How
to find chardonnay at good price
If you are searching for the best-valued chardonnay available today and
you don't mind spending about $15 for a bottle, this wine has to be it.
2004 Martin and Weyrich Huerhuero (pronounced where where-o) Chardonnay.
Chardonnay:
Let the fruit stand on its own
Chardonnay outsells sauvignon blanc by better than 7-to-1, according to
pollster AC Nielsen. I think a lot of wine lovers honestly believe that
the natural flavors of chardonnay are butter and toast flavors that
come from the winemaking and the new oak barrels, not the grape.
On
Bordeaux, Cult Cabs, Wine Tastings and Fantasy Football
Good Grape ... equivalent of football positions. A Cabernet or Bordeaux
is your QB, a Pinot or a Burgundy is a Wide Receiver, Chardonnay or a
White Burgundy is a tight end, Merlot could be your kicker and on down
the line until you've drafted a full team of
Chardonnay
doesnt have to be about big oak
It began last week, after some particularly nasty words I said about an
over-oaked California chardonnay. It was the Fed-Up man delivering a
wine sample of an un-oaked California chardonnay.
Monterey
has become a new planting site for Chardonnay vines
Monterey has become of late one of California's most expansive sites
for the planting of new vineyards, especially Chardonnay vines.
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc, and Riesling are the grapes that
have shown the most promise.
Local
Wine Picks; Chardonnay laid bare and some pinots from Paso
Some winemakers have a hard time restraining themselves when it comes
to embellishing chardonnay so much so that many consumers think
chardonnay fruit must taste like butterscotch and vanilla. Chardonnay
is all about apples and pears and sometimes citrus and stone fruit.
NZ
chardonnay takes trophy
Morton Estate's chardonnay has taken the trophy for Best International
Chardonnay over £10 at the Decanter Wine Awards in London for its
second vintage Coniglio. The judges say that Coniglio?s dominance of
the competition for two years shows the quality of New Zealand's
chardonnay wines.
Chardonnay
classic
Whole oven-roasted chicken and chardonnay are a classic match.
Compelling
blend gets an A+
Many of California's best syrahs come from the central coast, but this
one is from the northern, and relatively cool, Carneros region, better
known for pinot noir and chardonnay. Respected Cakebread Cellars of
Napa Valley fields a luscious and classically Californian chardonnay,
Cakebread Chardonnay 2004 ($54.95, No. 709717).
Chardonnay
deserves a better evaluation
There is so much variety, I'm sure anybody can find a chardonnay he
likes. Love it or hate it, there is no denying the versatility of
chardonnay.
Get
the most out of Chardonnay
With lots of warm days still on the horizon, wine lovers seek daily
refuge in their old standby: chardonnay. This dry white wine is made
around the world, but it's chardonnay from California and Australia
that have become the preferred choice for many.
What
to drink now: Kosher wines
This lovely blend of Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, and Riesling makes
for an exotic wine. The ultimate kosher Chardonnay, with a silky body
and a luscious nose of papaya and pastry cream.
Bellaonline.com
Many white wine lovers are happy with Pinot Grigio and Chardonnay.
Chardonnay is famous for its classic green apple taste.
Late
Summer 2006
2005 Banrock Station, Chardonnay, South Eastern Australia, $5. Aromas
of green apples and toasty oak radiate from this straw-gold Chardonnay.
Hamptons.com
Must-taste wines: Wolffer Estate 2004 La Ferme Martin Chardonnay,
Wolffer Estate 2005 Pinot Gris, Wolffer Estate 2002 Estate Selection
Merlot, and Wolffer Estate 2004 Late Harvest Chardonnay. Channing
Daughters is known for experimenting with different varietals that
other wineries don't bother with — trying to find grapes that do well
on LI. To that end, their bottlings go well beyond the usual merlot,
cabernet franc and chardonnay.
Chardonnay
from hither and yon
The United States and most of Canada have a differently coloured
picture of chardonnay than the one Quebecers have. In the U.S., Ontario
and western Canada, chardonnay from California and Australia dominate
imported white wines on liquor store shelves.
The
risk-free pleasures of $10 bottle
This wine is 70 percent insolia, an obscure Sicilian grape, and 30
percent chardonnay.
Mixed
Cases
The diversity of the Berrys' Own Selection now encompasses an excellent
Chianti from the Bandinelli brothers and a delicious Australian
Chardonnay from the Ashmead family in Barossa, complementing existing
favourites.
Affordable
Chardonnay
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Enjoying
unoaked Chardonnay
This alternative to the traditional barrel-fermented and/or aged
Chardonnay is becoming more common. Edna Valley's Tolosa Winery had a
Chablis-like (the steely, mineral tinged Chardonnay from France) 2004
($15) that showed nicely with simple pan fried pieces of salmon, beef,
pork and lamb.
Gladiator
beats all
Kathy Lynskey Wines, Sauvignon Blanc, Vineyard Select, Marlborough,
2005 took the Best White Wine division, a 2004 HRM Rex Goliath,
Chardonnay, California was.
Texas
wine? Whats in a name?
So and so's chardonnay won some awards, as well as the other guy's
cabernet sauvignon and somebody else's bordeaux. We are thousands of
miles from Chardonnay and Bordeaux, France, and yet they call it Texas
wine?
Sacramento Bee
Agustine Hernandez of Oaxaca, Mexico, helps in the harvest of
chardonnay grapes at a Manna Ranch vineyard near Lodi. Tractor driver
Jos Andres, 23, of Sinaloa, Mexico, clears leaves from a pile of
chardonnay grapes at a Manna Ranch vineyard near Lodi.