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From: fryback@nlm-vax.ARPA (Dennis Fryback)
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: Another White Wine
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Date: Thu, 17-Jan-85 09:54:06 EST
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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?