White Wine Btg

Question 1

Brandborg 2014 Pinot Gris

Answer 1

Umpqua Valley Oregon
100% Pinot Gris

Aged on lees,
Tropical pineapple, banana, green apple, lemongrass. Tart.

Pair with Salty Foods

Question 2

Jean-Fraoncois Meriau Touraine

2013 Les Hexagonales Sauvignon Blanc

Answer 2

Loire Valley
100% Sauvignon Blanc

Mineral Driven, rocky soils, old “struggling vines”
Green apple, stone fruit, citrus.

Pair with Light Seafood

Question 3

2010 Feudi di San Gregorio Lacryma Christi del Vesuivio Blanco
Italian Blend

Answer 3

Campania
80 Coda di Volpe 20 Falanghina

Fresh fruit, citrus, smooth.

Pair with Seafood, Sashimi, Sushi, Pasta

Question 4

2014 August Cellars Riesling

Answer 4

Wilamette Valley
100% Riesling

German style, fresh melon, tropical fruit, tangerine, pear. Bright with good balance of acid and sweet

Pair with spicy food and salty spicy food

Question 5

2014 Szent Tamas “Mad” Furmint Szaras

Hungary

Answer 5

Tokaji

Off Dry, orange blossom, elderflower, and mineral driven.

*Region is best known for sweet desert wines sweetened by Botrytis or “noble rot”

Pair with roast Pork

Question 6

2014 Bench Russian River Valley Chardonnay

Russian River Valley

Answer 6

100% Chardonnay
Russian River Valley

Unoaked Chardonnay, with richness. No maloactic fermentation.

Pair with Chicken, shrimp, lobster, and eggs.