Vox Hunt: Under Construction
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You know, just by coincidence, I was hungry last night. I wandered down to the Albertson's in our neighborhood and picked up a bottle of wine (Fetzer riesling, though the gewurtztraminer was sorely tempting -- I have to pick up a bottle and spill a few drops across my tongue sometime before month's end).
[...] Neither grape is popular in the U.S. market. Only 1.7 percent of the varietal wine sold in the last year in the United States was Riesling, according to ACNielsen. And Gewurztraminer (ga-VERTZ-tra-meen-er) sales are a fraction of Riesling's.
That's always good news for bargain buyers, because trendy wines cost more. You get a lot of flavor for your buck with Gewurztraminer and Riesling. [...]
(Oooh!)
Then I walked next door to Merritt Bakery, went in and ordered a four-piece combo. If you smile and ask real nice, you can substitute the potato salad for some soup, so that was what I did. I ordered some chicken gumbo (since the real gumbo is just too shellfishy for me to handle). Then I paid, waited a few minutes and got my order.
I walked outside and realized why there was no one parked outside the restaurant. I think they wanted to resurface the blacktop, and it's probably a good idea considering the work went into rebuilding after the fire back at the end of January.
Comments
Right now both of those sound really good. Those were the wines that I used as an introduction to wine. My roomate in college called them wine with training wheels cause they're so easy to drink.
You knw the Fetzer gewurtztraminer is one B's absolute favorite wine. I'm glad it's not terribly popular because I can frequently find it for $6.99 a bottle.
These are my two favorites, but these days I'm finding myself asking for Pinot Gris more and more. So fresh and so clean.