"Do we have a good wine for the fish?" she asked, just as I was about to drop the two of them off to see Disney on Ice. "No," I said, but there was time, time to go to the Île Perrot SAQ and look ( Read more... )

I thought I would try a Chilean Sauvignon Blanc. It seems more balanced than a super-grapefruity New Zealand SB, with more mineral flavours. Okay but not tasty at least not without food I didn't try.

I made a mistake in that I thought a Saumur-Champigny bottle I had was white and that it would be great with the Tilapia I had to cook tonight. Then I took out the bottle and realized it was a red. I had to pick from one of my 7 white wine bottles something that would go well with fish and this is what I settled on. It wasn't the best of fits. ( Read more... )

A cheap Sauvignon Blanc from the south of France, this tastes... okay. No obvious flaws but nothing that interesting either.

Another sub $10 wine. Has a bitter note compared to New Zealand SBs, but hey: I drank the whole bottle with some Chinese food. It has drunkability, but really, I'd give it a pass unless I was in college and wanted to get loaded.

Hey! Reaper is funny now! Hahahahaha.

There I was in Vintages and I almost picked up the safe Oyster Bay SB from New Zealand. Then I thought about how life wasn't meant to be lived in the slow lane all the time and I reached over and picked up a different SB, this one from Victoria, Australia. Not so markedly tart as the Marlborough reviewed earlier, this is more drinkable on its own ( Read more... )

Like most South Africans I've met, the bottle is stocky, overly serious-looking and green. It has the usual tang of a Sauvignon Blanc, but with an added bitter note that must come with the teroir of the Dark Continent and a lingering apartheid legacy. By itself it is of course unpalatable, but with the sweet, sweet music of some chicken marsala and ( Read more... )

Exploring more in the vein of white wine, this is obviously a good wine in the sense that there are no off flavours, but at the same time I don't care much for the taste, if that makes any sense-too tangy. My friend Gabby suggests it might go well with a curry so I'll try that out with what's left of the bottle tomorrow.