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30 is the new old
SKU: 171496
$14.49
GEHRINGER – AUXERROIS OLD VINES GOLDEN MILE BENCH 2018
12.4% alcohol
Tree fruits drive the taste of this one.
As a wine, Auxerrois is more full bodied and less crisp than Pinot Blanc, but the two varieties complement each other’s weaknesses.
Named after a historical province in France, it is widely grown in Luxembourg and Germany as well.
The Gehringer Brothers planted their Auxerrois over 30 years ago and these vines are producing lovely wine today. And, winning awards.
Over the past 19 years, they have received 78 Platinum Awards – the most of any Winery in the Pacific Northwest.
Slightly fuller in flavour than Pinot Blanc. It’s also slightly less acidic.
The Brothers G varietal is smooth and well balanced and tremendous value for the money.
We’ve paired it with salmon, quiche, and had it just as it is on the deck with cheese. It’s great with Scallops or prawns.
Tribal Truths
More Influencers
Adding to the list of books that have been influencers and shapers for me:
The Meaning of Everything – The story of the Oxford English Dictionary, Simon Winchester, ISBN 0-19-517500-X
The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein, ISBN 978-1-44340-496-9
Read 7 Pillars of Wisdom (TE Lawrence) and then read this
The Golden Warrior – Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia – Lawrence James – ISBN 0-34910673-8
Serpent of the Nile (Women and Dance of the Arab World, Wendy Buonaventura, ISBN 1-56656-117-5
The Travels of Marco Polo, ISBN 0-88029-135-4
6 volumes (Hinduism, Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Protestantism) Editor George Braziller but various authors to each volume
Park it
Okanagan Delight
171512
Gehringer Brothers Ehenfelser 2018
$12.99 regularly $14.99
12.9% alcohol
Grown Primarily in the country of it’s origin, Germany, and is very popular in the Okanagan since the vineyard introduced itto Canada.
Ehrenfelser derives its name from the Burg Ehrenfels ruins located on the Rhine near Rüdesheim. It is also known under the synonym Geisenheim 9-93.
The grape tends to ripen earlier and produce higher yields than Riesling. It also makes an excellent Ice Wine.
Ehrenfelser was crossed with Reichensteiner to create Ehrenbreitsteiner.
Since 2010 the winery hasn’t missed a year winning an Award – and we love their philosophy of producing excellent winesat affordable prices.
As B Says The Brothers G can do no wrong
Lovely Stone fruit flavours with a long and lingering finish.
Goes great with BBQ Chicken or, in our case, Shepherd’s Pie
The Influencers
What you read, and at what point in your life you read it, can be a huge influence on your outlook in the years to come.
Here are some of my biggest influencers – First Batch
Inside of a Dog, Alexandra Horowitz, ISBN 978-1-4165-8343-1
Unsuitable Ladies: An Anthology of Women Travellers, Jane Robinson, ISBN 0-19-282489-9
Tribes, Seth Godin, ISBN 978-1-59184-233-0
Stewardship, Peter Block, ISBN 1-881052-28-1
Freedom or Death, Nikos Kazantzakis,
Bury Me Standing, Isabel Forseca, ISBN 0-679-73743-X
Grandmother’s Secrets, Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi, ISBN 1-56656-302-X
Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks, ISBN 978-0-676-97989-4
Rock Encyclopedia, Lillian Roxon, Library of Congress 77-75342
One Year Later, Svetlana Alliluyeva, Library of Congress 79-81883
The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks, ISBN 978-0-330-50890-2
What’s on Your List? Leave a comment
Tribal Truisms
5 on the Plate 5 in the Glass
Glen Carlou Grand Classique
14.5% Alcohol
$22.99
The components used in Grand Classique, a blend of 25% each of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Malbec, with 13% Merlot and 12% Petit Verdot, are all individually vinified to allow for the development of each one’s unique character. After assemblage the blend is barrel matured in 225L French barriques for 18 months. The mouthfeel is richly textured with a firm yet accessible tannin structure.
Glen Carlou Vineyards is less than 35 minutes’ drive from Cape Town in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa and covers a 145 ha property. The vineyard is well known for it’s award winning whites. (We’ll be going to to try to find some of these.)
You get a full palate that lingers through to a lovely finish. Full Bodied and well balanced. Deep rich red colour. Initially it comes off as spicy and peppery and then settles down into almost an elegance.
We teamed it with a mixed charcuterie, potato salad and coleslaw.
It should have been Raki, instead of Sambuca, with the mixed fruit on frozen yogurt. [Hee Hee]