Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!cires!nbires!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: net.wines Subject: Re: Holiday Wines (and sweet wines) Message-ID: <1002@opus.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Dec-84 18:38:13 EST Article-I.D.: opus.1002 Posted: Mon Dec 24 18:38:13 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Dec-84 03:09:16 EST References: <613@turtlevax.UUCP> <240@ptsfc.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO Lines: 28 >...Something I have recently learned to enjoy after a festive meal is a > glass of dessert wine. Few (solid) desserts, even the most yummy > chocolatey concoctions, can rival the effect on the palate of a sip > of a good late harvest riesling or sauternes. I recently had a late > harvest Gewurztraminer from Ch St Jean (~$13 for a tenth!) which was > the closest thing to Nectar ever to pass my lips - incredibly sweet, > but with lots of spice and that indescribable taste of botrytis - the > *noble rot* - which made the whole sensation linger endlessly... One of the marvelous discoveries about wine is good Sauternes. How anything can be that sweet and rich-tasting without being cloying is amazing. A parallel marvelous discovery is that these wines are generally not widely appreciated, hence comparatively low priced. This is an area where the difference between French and California wine prices is most painfully evident--and, by the way, the nature of the difference is French<