Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site nlm-vax.ARPA Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!nlm-mcs!nlm-vax!fryback From: fryback@nlm-vax.ARPA (Dennis Fryback) Newsgroups: net.wines Subject: Another White Wine Message-ID: <116@nlm-vax.ARPA> Date: Thu, 17-Jan-85 09:54:06 EST Article-I.D.: nlm-vax.116 Posted: Thu Jan 17 09:54:06 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 18-Jan-85 20:39:39 EST Distribution: na Organization: The Ragged Edge Lines: 19 A friend recently introduced me to a very nice and inexpensive chardonnay from Hungary: The producer is Magyar and the wine is its "Visonta Region" Chardonnay. We can get it around the Washington D.C. area for $2.79 to $3.09 a bottle. Of course for that price you don't expect to compete with the California boutique wines, but it certainly is drinkable. The taste of the chardonnay grape is there and quite a nice bouquet. It tends to vary in acidity from bottle to bottle, but at the price it is a real bargain. Magyar also has a Cabernet, but I haven't tried it. Incidentally, another producer from Hungary, Trakia, has a not at all bad Merlot out in the same price range. The Trakia chardonnay is not up to the Magyar though as it is far too acidic. For mid-scale white wines I am going back to the French Chablis. You can usually find a very nice Chablis Grand Cru at around $9 per bottle -- and it will beat the socks off of the more expensive California whites. I like the Vaudesir Chablis Grand Cru. Does anyone out there have a good feel for recent vintages of chablis from France?