On a recent descent into our storage locker, in the depths of our condo (all the way to P2!), I decided to bring a couple bottles back up with me, bottles we'd been storing for a rainy day.
That day is now. It's pouring.
First I cracked the Seven Poplars Pinotage from 2007, by Lake Breeze, which was great. Had it with chili, maybe the best chili we've ever made. By "we" I mean, in fact, "my wife." She made it herself. But I opened the wine. Wasn't even a screw cap. It was fruity and warming, a bit spicy.
People tend to think of riesling, and whites in general, as summer wine. But why? Summer is only a state of mind. The summer in the Pacific Northwest is nothing like the summer in Australia, and nothing like the summer in Siberia, so why should there be such a narrow occupation for whites?
Tantalus makes a great riesling. It's bright and crisp, a bit sweet, quite limey.
Maybe my new wine for fall.
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