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5 Wine Steals to Buy Right Now - Wine of the Week
Source: Posted: 04-22-2009 at 05:00:14
| pFiled under: a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/wine/" rel="tag"Wine/a, a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/champagne/" rel="tag"Champagne/a, a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/wine-of-the-week/" rel="tag"Wine of the Week/a/pimg hspace="4" height="790" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="5" align="right" width="198" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.slashfood.com/media/2009/04/sweetriesling.jpg" alt="Pacific Rim Sweet Riesling" /For those who just did their taxes and are feeling a bit cash-poor, budget wines may be on the brain. Here are five wines that really deliver for the price.br /br /1. a href="http://rieslingrules.com/wines/sweet-riesling/index.php" target="_blank"Pacific Rim Sweet Riesling/a 2007 ($9). Normally I'm not a big sweet Riesling fan, but I brought this bottle to Easter dinner at a friend's house, where some of the diners prefer sweet wine. Sweet Riesling is a knockout with ham, and this Pacific Rim (at right) really delivered. My problem with most sweet Rieslings is their flabbiness, but this brand has an underlying backbone of acidity that perfectly balances the sugar. Riesling is a great spring wine with its aromatic bouquet that recalls the apple blossoms blooming in the northeast. At $9, it's a steal. br /br /2. a href="http://www.graffignawines.com/v2/usa/pdf/centenario/Graffigna%20Centenario%20Pinot%20Grigio%202008%20Selling%20Sheet.pdf" target="_blank"Graffigna Pinot Grigio/a 2008 ($13). Pinot Grigio has a bad rep as a wine without much character, but this Argentinian version turns that idea on its head. Its nose has a heady fragrance of flowers and peaches and the wine itself is zingy with a peachy taste. It's a dry vino, but so fruity it tastes almost sweet. br /br /3. a href="http://www.korbel.com/modules/products/?cid=7amp;pid=18" target="_blank"Korbel Brut Rose/a ($11): Lots of wine snobs dismiss Korbel, but I happen to think the Brut Roseacute; is one of the best sparkling values out there. It's a perfect aperitif, the kind of wine you hand your guests when they're walking in the door and dinner isn't quite ready -- it's like giving them a glass of strawberries to sip before dinner is served. br /br /4. a href="http://www.wine.com/V6/Castello-Monaci-Liante-Salice-Salentino-2006/wine/96605/detail.aspx" target="_blank"Castello Monachi Salice Salentino/a 2006 ($13): Hailing from Puglia in the heel of Italy's boot, this blend of 80 percent Negroamaro and 20 percent Malvasia Nero is dark, leathery and earthy with a typically slightly bitter Negroamaro finish. It's a very food-friendly red with high acidity and earthiness that seems to vanish into fruitiness when paired it with a red-sauced pasta dish or veal. Oh, and did I mention that a href="http://www.wine.com/V6/Castello-Monaci-Liante-Salice-Salentino-2006/wine/96605/detail.aspx" target="_blank"Robert Parker gave this wine 90 points/a?pa href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/20/5-wine-steals-to-buy-right-now-wine-of-the-week/" rel="bookmark"Continue reading em5 Wine Steals to Buy Right Now - Wine of the Week/em/a/ph6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"/h6a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/20/5-wine-steals-to-buy-right-now-wine-of-the-week/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry"Permalink/anbsp;|nbsp;a href="http://www.slashfood.com/forward/1516969/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email"Email this/anbsp;|nbsp;a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/20/5-wine-steals-to-buy-right-now-wine-of-the-week/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry"Comments/a
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