What wines have been sustaining you during the pandemic? Have your tastes shifted? Have you been drinking more? less? More expensive wine? cheaper wine?
I have been drinking my usual eclectic assortment of wines but with more of an emphasis on California. I like getting wine directly from wineries, hence the California connection. Problem is that many California wines are quite expensive. Let's define expensive as $30 and over. Not exactly the Wine Spectator's definition as their average wine is much more.
Rose
Rose's are the wine of the moment as most wineries are introducing their 2020 roses at this time. In addition, roses are usually on the low end of a winery's price point so they can be good introductions to a winery's winemaking style.
Denner, Tablas Creek and Domaine Drouhin currently offer their 2020 roses at good prices. Tablas Creek makes 2 roses - Dianthus and Patelin. Unfortunately I have not tried any of the 2020's yet as I have just received them. They are all in the $20 to $30 range and are all serious wines, not light quaffers. However I don't mean to imply that they are not fun or easy to drink and enjoy. https://www.dennervineyards.com/product/2020-Rose-6-Pack https://tablascreek.com/wines/rose https://domainedrouhin.com/product/2020-edition-rose/ These wines tend to be lighter in alcohol which in todays wine world is refreshing.
Wines to try that are not in the expensive range.
Finger Lake Rieslings - Anthony Road https://anthonyroadwine.orderport.net/product-details/0283/2019-Rose-of-Cabernet-Franc (this is very good rose made from cabernet franc)and Dr. Konstantin Frank
Spanish wines - Bodegas Borsao https://bodegasborsao.com/wines/ Muga Reserva; Cava -Juve y Camps, Raventos, Codorniu
French wines - Loire Valley, Beaujolais, Languedoc- Roussillon; even Bordeaux.
Costco Kirkland wines- recently had their Barolo $20 and their Sancerre $15 and their Rioja $8- all very good.
Food
It is difficult for me to get good fish in the winter. Salmon, cod, clams and shrimp - nothing exciting. Try salmon in a light ginger cream sauce over spinach fettucine or a simple clam sauce over pasta or fish and chips with cod or cod, clams and shrimp in a tomato based fish stew or simple baked clams..
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