Celebration Part II

Happy Belated St. Patrick's Day! Hope everyone had a great celebration. We kept ours low key: Daryl stopped at the wine bar for some Smithwick's and Pinot Noir, and Kath stayed at home enjoying the last of a delicious Riesling.

Last weekend's celebrations went very, very well. The par-tay was well attended; everyone mingled, ate and drank. We weren't expecting many wine drinkers, so to start, we only offered a 1.5L bottle of Fetzer Chardonnay and a Charles Shaw Shiraz. However, we kept opening more and more bottles! Good times.

Our new bottle for this weekend was a gift from our friend Pascale, who travels to Napa once a year. This was a bottle she brought back from last year's trip, and it's one of her favorites: V. Sattui Winery 2004 Johannisberg Riesling (St. Helena, CA). Daryl's reaction: Fun and exciting. Vibrant fruit flavors, including a touch of kiwi. Dry but not red-wine-dry. We both noticed that unlike other whites we tend to drink, this one wasn't "crisp"; instead, we'd describe it as smooth--but not syrupy, a common feel for sweeter, smoother wines. It's a clear yellow with a slight hint of green.

Interesting to note that V. Sattui's wines are only available at the winery or online.

From this year's trip, our friend brought us a 2005, same wine. We'll keep that for another time.