Chronic Negress

If you are a wine person/nut/geek/raver, you must read Eric Asimov sometime. His story today on cool red wines was a brilliant and you can read it here. I have shouted this from the rooftops whenever I am on a rooftop, and hope more people will realize that red can be cool all year round. I polished off a 2005 WillaKenzie Willamette Valley Pinot Noir that was an excellent example of a red wine that benefits from a little chilling. This was clasic Oregon Pinot Noir with a bearable lightness and agreeable fruit. I cellar everything at 55 degrees Farenheit so this had to warm in the glass a bit. Smashing wine.

However, even evangelist for the chill of the hunt revert to type every now and then. Last night I cracked a bottle of Bedell’s 2006 Taste White. It’s a blend off 44 percent Chardonnay, 27 percent Sauvignon Blanc, 16 percent Viognier, 8 percent Gewruztraminer and 5 percent Riesling. It also features artwork by Barbara Kruger on the label.  Thanks to the usual weird liquor laws in these United States, it say this is a white table wine. i always assumed this was to distinguish it from a floor wine. You know, the high alcohol wines that you end up on the floor after drinking. Raise a glass on the U.S.’s birthday to more table and less floor.