Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site turtlevax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!decwrl!turtlevax!ken From: ken@turtlevax.UUCP (Ken Turkowski) Newsgroups: net.wines Subject: Holiday Wines Message-ID: <613@turtlevax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 12:27:33 EST Article-I.D.: turtleva.613 Posted: Mon Dec 17 12:27:33 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 19-Dec-84 00:42:50 EST Distribution: net Organization: CADLINC, Inc. @ Menlo Park, CA Lines: 19 With Christmas coming up, it's time to think about Holiday Wines. Not snob wines, nor sweet wines, but wines that both the wine connoisseur and the rare wine drinker can enjoy (please, no Mogen David recommendations). Since white wines are the most popular, and go with holiday fowl generally well, we should probably restrict ourselves to these. Gewurtztraminer seems to be a wine that fits into this category: it usually has a complex, spicy character, yet is not dry, so appeals to the irregular wine drinker. I had an uncommon gewurz ('81, produced in the Alsace region of France, and distributed by the Academy du Vin) that was nearly dry, yet held the gewurz's spicy character. I'm looking for others of this variety, as well as other wines appropriate for the holidays. -- Ken Turkowski @ CADLINC, Menlo Park, CA UUCP: {amd,decwrl,nsc,spar}!turtlevax!ken ARPA: turtlevax!ken@DECWRL.ARPA