So I took the afternoon off work to participate in a professional meeting, virtually, including giving a talk about the summer seminar I teach. But they had internet problems at the place where the rest of the people are meeting, and so at this point I've changed into inside pants and put on a hat, so they'd better not suddenly get reconnected.
Then tomorrow I have to get up at 4:30 am to fly to DC to go to my grandfather's memorial. I think I need more romance novels on my Kindle.
Question: what white wines should I try? I dislike Chardonnay. I like Pinot Grigio, but it seems like a summer wine. What white wine can I try out for winter drinking? It needs to be widely available at the $10 bottle price point, i.e. I might love Pouilly-Fuisse, but it doesn't come cheaper than $25, so no. Signed, I really prefer red wine but it usually gives me a headache, because I am old and falling apart.
Question: what white wines should I try?
If you like Pinot Grigio, try Viognier.
If you like Pinot Grigio, try Viognier.
Viognier's a good choice or a Sauvignon blanc or one of the drier Reislings.
Flea, I'd try a New Zealand Sauvignon blanc. They've been my go to for the last couple of years. I dislike oak and dislike sweet in my whites, and the NZ SVs are a wee bit grassy and taste like bright pears. Good luck!
Gruner Veltliner! I guess I like to drink it, but mostly I like to say it.
Good luck moving askye!!! Good luck moving your father, Jilli!! Moving is the absolute worst.
My weekend plans are minimal -- some leaf-sweeping, dad, housework, nothing special.
New Zealand Sauvignon blanc.
The only sauvignon blancs I like are from the Marlborough region of New Zealand. I know that's oddly specific, but sauvignon blancs from anywhere else are too grassy for my palate.
Human variation: WEIRD.
Jesus, something is happening in Paris.
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I eventually escaped the hell of Cox & Kings, my god. I waited forever, but once I actually got to the counter, my visa paperwork was all in order and it took about two minutes. PROPER PREPARATION, WOO. I should get my passport back in 5-7 business days.
I stopped at the grocery store and will be putting beef in a crock pot to roast the rest of the day.
Edit re Paris: Holy shit!
Sauvignon blancs have become my go to white. Chardonnays are hit and miss - the ones I like I really like, but the others I really don't. (Pouilly-Fuisse, btw, is chardonnay. They vary A LOT but determining which are the ones you like requires trying maybe too many of the ones you don't ime)
Oh, I can consult my wine database. White wines that I have noted as "look for more": verdelho (although my notes mention that it is a "perfect summer white"), sauvignon blanc, chardonnay. I think I liked the albarino also, but I haven't actually opened the bottle I bought, just tried it at the co-op, and another bottle I opened recently that I bought that day I didn't even want to drink, so my judgement on that occasion is suspect. I have a roussanne marked as "too sweet" but I don't know if that's all roussannes - the label called it "the sauvignon blanc of chardonnays" fwtw.
I like my whites not very sweet at all and there's a particular taste that I have not been able to describe other than I really dislike it.
I'm glad I can drink reds because I generally like them much better.
