August 5, 2019

Domaine Vetriccie Corse White

I love Vermentino.  I also love Dragon Con.  This has been a fabulous weekend.

Dragon Con is the yearly, Labor Day weekend, gathering of pop culture fans in Atlanta.  It’s such a big fan convention, it is a character in a books.  (Check out Winter Born by Sherrilyn Kenyon.)  A whole lot of people (estimated 75,000 of your closest friends) checking out stars, costumes, and panels on everything from Star Wars to classic Science Fiction to Marvel, Dr. Who, The X-Files, gaming, and more.

It’s an urban fantasy author’s dream.  I spend three days listening to panels of authors (discussing fun stuff like Social Media, historical accuracy in urban fantasy, or song lists for novels).  I also eat great (thanks to White Oak and Rays in the City on Peachtree Street) and have the opportunity to network with other writers and people in the publishing industry.

Friday night, completely entranced with a new book (Dark by Kat Kinney), I came home from the con and spent the next two hours devouring the book with this bottle of wine.  Simply put, they were both amazing

You can check out my Facebook page, Anne Schlea, for a review on the book.

The vermentino, however, was stellar.  I really like vermentino.  It’s probably my favorite white wine.  This one has a lot of minerality to it, probably thanks to the clay ground the grapes were grown in.  There’s a little bit of citrus on the nose.  It isn’t sweet, but it isn’t at all buttery like a Chardonnay (yuck), either.

Easy to drink, this wine would be beautiful with popcorn or salty potato chips as an after-dinner snack.  It also does nicely with whitefish or a dinner salad.  Sipping on the porch in the evening; also not out of the question.

If you’re stuck in a white wine rut: Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc; try this one.  I promise you’ll probably like it.  Not too light, not too strong; this wine, Goldilocks, is just right.