White

Question 1

Loimer

Answer 1

Grüner Veltliner

Loimer

Kamptal, Austria

White mineral | apple | citrus | med + acid

Bio-d

$53

Question 2

Langhe Bianco

Answer 2

Riesling

G.D. Vajra

Langhe, Piedmont, Italy

Stainless Steel

Mineral | ripe apple | citrus | moss | earth

$69

Question 3

Veragua

Santyuste

Answer 3

Verdejo

Pagos de Nona

Segovia, Spain

Juice from four vineyards

Organic

$46

Question 4

Lanterna

Answer 4

Marastina (aka Rukatac)

Bura

Dalmatian Coast, Croatia

Medium body | tropical fruit | warm spice

$33

Question 5

Fronholz

Answer 5

Riesling

Domaine Ostertag

Alsace, France

Apricot | honeysuckle | wet stone | mineral

Bio-d

$76

Question 6

Barraban

Answer 6

30% Grenache Blanc, 30% Vermentino, plus Ugni Blanc, Clariette Pointue, Viognier, Marsanne, Rousanne

Bastide du Claux

Luberon (technically Rhône, philosophcally Provence)

Concrete fermentation and maturation

White flower | peach | lightly honeyed fruit

$49

Question 7

Godello

Answer 7

Godello

Amizade

Monterrei, Galicia, Spain

Stainless steel with lees contact

Crisp | floral | herbaceous

$38

Question 8

L’Étoile Blanc

Answer 8

Chardonnay

Domaine Rolet et Fils

L’Étoile, Jura, France

Barrique fermentation and maturation

Dried fruit | mineral

$41

Question 9

Pflüger

Buntsandstein

Answer 9

Riesling
Weingut Pflüger
Pfalz, Germany
Stainless Steel
Organic | Hand harvested | “Pflüger” means “Ploughman” hence the image on the label | “Buntsandstein” means “colored sandstone,” which makes up the terroir of the vineyards

$11 | $44

2014

Question 10

Chablis

Answer 10

Chardonnay

Domaine Gueguen

Chablis, Burgundy, France

clean | ripe white fruit | floral

$13 | $52

Question 11

Sikelè

Answer 11

Grecanico
Tenuta dei Fossi
Terre Siciliane, Sicily, Italy
Concrete

Orange peel | nutty

Amber/orange wine (white grapes vinified in red wine style) | Organic | hand-harvested

$10 | $40

2015

Question 12

Fiano

Answer 12

Fiano

Donna Paolina

Fiano di Avellino DOC, Campania, Italy

Stainless

apricot | orange | mineral | honey

$12 | $48

2015

Question 13

Sancerre

Answer 13

Sauvignon Blanc

Domaine Paul Cherrier

Sancerre, Loire Valley, France

citrus | mineral

Sustainable farming

$12 | $48

2016

Question 14

Frog’s Leap

Answer 14

Sauvignon Blanc

Frog’s Leap

Rutherford, Napa Valley, California

Elegant | clean | fresh | minerally | peach blossom | white flower | slate

Organic

$56

2016

Question 15

Entreaires

Answer 15

Airén (amber wine)

Vinos Cano Zarco

Mota del Cuervo, La Mancha, Spain

Weirdo! White wine with significant tannin from skin contact and barrel ageing | rich and nutty, smells similarly to fortified wine/sherry

Orange Wine (White wine vinified in the style of red wine – long skin contact, Chestnut ageing Produced organically | indigenous yeast fermentation | “Entreaires” means “between the winds” signifying the use of fruit from vines located where several wind patterns cross.

$55

2015

Question 16

Vinho Verde

Answer 16

Loureiro

Anselmo Mendes Muros Antigos

Vinho Verde, Minho, Portugal

Stainless

Fresh citrus | floral | salinity!

“Vinho Verde” literally translates to “green wine,” but true interpretation is “young wine” because historically VV has been intended to be drunk soon after bottling. Modern VVs have more age-ability.

9 | 36

Question 17

Pig & Sword

Answer 17

60% Pinot Noir | 35% Muller-Thurgau | 5% Chsselas

Teutonic Wine Company

Willamette Valley, Oregon

2015

$52

candied fruit | citrus zest | funky earth and cheese

Great wine to carry you all through a meal at YJ. Though the wine is mostly Pinot Noir- remember that it is possible to produce white wine from red grapes. The skin of a grape is where all the pigment lies, so in pressing the juice away from the skins early, it doesn’t allow the skins to impart color.

Definitely recommend for a Gewürztraminer or Riesling drinker