Two wines to talk about on this rainy Monday morning. Horse Head Sauvignon Blanc (Washington State): every time we go to one of our favorite seafood restaurants (Captain Charlie's Reef Grill, Juno Bch), Kath always orders this wine by the glass. Two visits ago, while waiting for 45 minutes for a table with a large party, we shared a bottle of this fantastic, crisp SB. Little did we know, until we actually looked at the bottle, that we had been enjoying a Washington wine all along. We tend to look for SBs from New Zealand because we love their fruity crispness, and we drink ones from CA, enjoying their more mineral notes. This wine is tasty: crisp, nice balance of acidity. We didn't notice quite as much big tropical fruit notes like you would taste in a glass from Marlborough. Very nice wine and delicious with seafood (Kath ordered the sauteed cobia and Daryl got the pan-fried scallops).
We also opened a Cabernet Sauvignon from Argentina to enjoy this weekend: Maipe Andean Culture 2008 Cab from Mendoza, Argentina. We always think Malbec when we consider picking out an Argentinian wine, but we were happy with this Cab. I first tried this wine at a tasting class in February and loved it. It's medium bodied, low tannins and medium acidity (from my notes--on weekend sippin', we try not to get too technical). It's a great wine to drink on its own. We paid around $10 for it and will keep this on our restock list.
Easter is next weekend, and I have another tasting class on Wednesday. Will look for some new wines to try for another lovely spring weekend.
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