Given how many shark sightings and bitings there were this summer, I bring you three great whites (get it?). Friedrich Becker Pinot Gris: This looks like a rosé but the coppery hue comes from the slightly pink skin of the Pinot Gris grape. Biodynamic from Germany’s Pfalz region, this has pear and yellow apple but a surprising zingy nuttiness. $25 … Continue reading
TONS of good ones around the $20 range this month! We’ll start with a bubbly, as you always should, and then get into lots of great whites. Montinore Vivace – This is a sparkling blend of Gewürztraminer, Müller-Thurgau, Pinot Gris and Riesling. That’s a lot of flavor, but it blends together harmoniously and is a fun … Continue reading
A few years ago I was living in Rome and ordered a glass of wine on the rooftop of a hotel near the Bocca della Verità. They brought me a white, and it was amazing – crisp, lemon peel, white stone minerality. I asked the waitress to bring me the bottle, and it was a Livio Felluga … Continue reading
