For those of you who’ve been reading my blog since the
beginning, do you remember the days when I hated Pinot Noir? It was a grape I just wouldn’t drink for
almost any reason. I’d been the victim
of some bad grocery store, bottom shelf, college buys that taught me it was a
yucky wine I wanted no part of.
Please note the importance of purchasing good wine. A bad bottle of wine can convince you an
entire varietal is bad when it’s really just the producer you decided to take a
sip of.
Fast forward a few years and I’m loving Pinot Noir. I even bought the Riedel Pinot Noir glasses
(so worth the splurge). By opening
myself to the possibility of enjoying the varietal, I was able to learn more about
what I like.
French Pinot? Not my
favorite. (Go ahead and gasp. As a rule, I love French wine.) California Pinot, it really depends on where
it comes from. Russian River
Valley? Yes, please! Napa.
No, thanks. Willamette Valley,
Oregon? Oh, yes! To me, that’s the holy grail of Pinot Noir.
This one comes from Monterey, California. I was skeptical at first but found this to be
full of smoky blueberries. Yep, you read
that right. Smoky blueberries. It’s a bigger bodied Pinot that went
beautifully with both the filet we had on Saturday and the burgers we had on
Sunday.
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