I never really got into wines before, because everyone would always serve me red wines...my taste isn't up there yet! Anyways, I also recently got into it. My SO is slowing getting me to try red wines, but for now, I'm all about white wines.
You should try Verdi Sparkletini! They have peach, raspberry, and regular. I love peach and raspberry. I love fruity wines also, so you may like Verdi too.
I say - go for it girl! I don't really follow the wine rules. Sometimes I'll have a white with my steak and no one's ever said anything and if they did? Oh well. I'm still going to enjoy my wine!
Have you gone wine tasting? That might be a good way to figure out some whites that you like. Another great thing I love to do is to get wine flights at restaurants. It's usually a wine sampling of 4 different types of wines so it's a good way to try a little bit of everything.
Welcome to the life of a wino. Cheers!
I was going to suggest a Piesporter for you, too. It is a type of German wine that is very fruity and delicious and is just another type of wine made from a certain region from a certain grape. Just like Cabernet is red and so is Merlot, but made from different grapes.
I definitely recommend Riesling! So yummy.
I've been hearing a lot about this Riesling (how do you pronounce it!?).. I think I'm going to have to try some!!
Thanks for the note on how to pronounce it correctly. I don't wanna sound like a nut when ordering it. LOL.I think it's pronounced with a long "i" as in RIse-ling, accent on the first syllable. That's how I heard a waiter pronounce it once.
I'm not much of a wine fan and rarely drink it, but I love Riesling. I especially like the German varieties which are sweet and light. There's some vineyard with two S's in the name...Shoen...Schoon...something like that. I pick up a bottle of that when I see it. I'm less fond of the Australian varieties.
I didn't know it was a desert wine. I usually order it to sip before dinner irregardless of what the meal will be. I think it's a nice wine to nurse when you're sitting outside in the sun on one of those patio restaurants.
Just a quick question, my DF hates the strong taste of alcohol in some wines. Is this one very strong or faint??
I think it's pretty faint. I hate the strong taste of alcohol too.
I don't know where you are and if you can find this, but a light wine that's very popular here in the Midwest is Prairie Fume from Wollersheim Winery in Prairie Du Sac, Wisconsin. Everyone here loves it. It's very light, white, fruity. Not as sweet as Riesling and a little more sophisticated in flavor. The stuff you serve to "company." And it's only $8 a bottle.
I think it's pronounced with a long "i" as in RIse-ling, accent on the first syllable. That's how I heard a waiter pronounce it once.
I'm not much of a wine fan and rarely drink it, but I love Riesling. I especially like the German varieties which are sweet and light. There's some vineyard with two S's in the name...Shoen...Schoon...something like that. I pick up a bottle of that when I see it. I'm less fond of the Australian varieties.
I didn't know it was a desert wine. I usually order it to sip before dinner irregardless of what the meal will be. I think it's a nice wine to nurse when you're sitting outside in the sun on one of those patio restaurants.
Actually, it should be pronounced like REEZ-ling.
Wow, def. going to have to google the nearest location for that one!! (I'm in California BTW). Especially if its faint in the taste of the alcohol, coming from you, someone else who isn't to fond of a strong alcohol taste in the wine. Thanks for the info!!
What do you mean by "sophisticated in flavor"?? Again, I'm new to all this wine stuff and don't quite know the lingo yet.. Shoot, I still don't know what the opposite of a dry wine is yet. Someone suggested the word, "juicy". LOL. Is that correct??
Oooh! Thank you! I've been pronouncing it the Other Way, like the name of my foot fungus doctor. How embarrassing.