Wine Show Wind Up--Part 2

Okay, so I've already got you hungry for cheese after singing the praises of Thornloe's Camembert and blue goat cheeses (not to mention those curds!  Anne, you're so right!  All others are pretenders to the throne!  And yes, they do squeak!  The squeakiness is all part of the pleasure of eating them.).  But what to wet your whistle with whilst enjoying your creamy blue?  Lucky for us, across the aisle from cheese heaven was the Fielding Estate Winery booth, where we got our mitts on a sample of their upcoming pinot gris. 

I love pinot gris! I don't think I've met a pinot gris/grigio that I haven't liked.  True story, I used to pronounce it pinot 'grig-ee--o', because I am so very, very lame when it comes to languages.  I have trouble saying 'haute couture' too.  It's a disability, I swear.  ANYWAY, no matter how you say it, pinot gris is always soooo refreshing.  It's great for starters and goes with so much.  And this particular example is extra yummy AND it comes from Ontario, so isn't that a nice bonus (I'm looking at you Lorri!)?  Fielding's offering was very honey and citrusey, and tasted really fresh and lovely in the kind of way that you could sip through a bottle in no time.  There was a lovely acidity to it too, that'd cut through those fatty cheeses making for a nice balance.  Now tsk tsk to Fielding Estates for not providing any vintage information, but cheers for giving us the where's and when's and how muches: you can find Fielding Estates Pinot Gris at the LCBO starting in May, LCBO number 223610, and it'll cost you $18.95 for a bottle (nice price!).

Tomorrow on Wine Show Wind Up: Chablis and Malpeques--I can finally cross this one off my bucket list!

xoxo

B.

The Rickman Rating System

Hello Winos,

I'm happy to announce that I am introducing the International Alan Rickman Wine Rating System to this blog. Who needs those damned 100 pt. scales when we have the thousand faces of the World's Greatest Actor to tell us what to think about wine? If you're not an Alan Rickman fan and have trouble interpreting this scale of wine-worthiness, you're probably some rye-drinking jerk who watches the Jackass movies, so get the hell off my blog. If, however, you think Alan Rickman is a living treasure and the epitome of mature hotness, please enjoy the following wine scores:

Clos LaChance Hummingbird Series 2006 Merlot from the central coast of California was a very jolly, drinkable wine. I gave it one smouldering Rickman, two dapper Rickmans and a Rickman snuggling up to a door (oh how I wish I were that door!).



Next up, we have Spier Vintage Selection Pinotage 2006 from South Africa. This smokey, intensely tobacco wine was hot, so I gave it four smouldering Rickmans in Period Costume.



Moving along, Wine by Joe's 2007 Pinot Gris from Oregon was fruity and a little tart. Lots of peach flavour but it made my mouth pucker. I gave it one Alan cuddling the door, one sexy young Alan making love to you with his eyes, and one Alan with forehead ridges.



Lastly, we have a wine from upstate New York: Caywood Vineyards 2008 Estate bottled Dry Riesling. As much as I loves the Finger Lakes, this wine was not my bag. I gave it one Severus Snape.



I hope this gives you a clear insight to my completely subjective responses to these wines/my Alan Rickman obsession. I'm sure this new method of grading wine will make sense to women in their 30's everywhere. And while I don't think it'll be replacing Robert Parker's 100 pt. scale any time soon, I for one think it's much, much hotter, n'est pas?

xoxo

'Til next time,

Barb