BC Riesling for Summer Sips

So far, I've covered BC Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir for summer sips. Another varietal you may want to consider is Riesling. Riesling can be made in a bone dry, citrusy style, through to a very luscious sweet ice wine. I think that there will be some style of riesling that would fit your taste.

Checking again on the www.EverythingWine.ca website, I've come up with the following wines in the $15-$25 range (you can click on the links and go to the EverythingWine.ca website to see how many bottles are in stock):

8th Generation Dry Riesling 750ml	Riesling	$24.99
8th Generation Riesling 750ml	Riesling	$24.99
Cedar Creek Riesling 750ml	Riesling	$21.99
Dirty Laundry Riesling 750ml	Riesling	$21.99
Kalala Organic Estate Winery Riesling 750 mL	Riesling	$20.99
Lang Vineyards Farm Winery Reserve Riesling 750ml	Riesling	$19.99
Larch Hills Riesling 750ml	Riesling	$19.99
Mission Hill Family Estate Reserve Riesling 750 mL	Riesling	$18.99
Pentage Riesling Riesling 750 mL	Riesling	$24.99
Pillitteri Estate Riesling Icewine 200ml	Riesling	$24.99
Quails' Gate Dry Riesling 750ml	Riesling	$16.99
Red Rooster Riesling 750 mL	Riesling	$15.99
Road 13 VIneyards Riesling 750 mL	Riesling	$23.99
See Ya Later Ranch Unleashed Riesling 750 mL	Riesling	$15.99
See Ya Later Ranch Riesling 750 mL	Riesling	$16.99
St. Hubertus Riesling 750ml	Riesling	$15.99
Wild Goose Stoney Slope Riesling 750ml	Riesling	$24.99
Wild Goose Vineyards God's Mountain Riesling 750 mL	Riesling	$24.99

From a check of past notes, I have tried some of these wines. My notes are as follows:

Dirty Laundry Vineyard Riesling, 2008. Pale lemon colour. Green apple aroma and crisp apple flavour. Tart. Refreshing.

Kalala Organic Estate Winery, 2008. Crisp acidity, pineapple and apple aromas with a hint of petrol. (It won a Gold at the 2010 New World Int'l Wine Competition in California, a Silver in the 2010 Concours mondial de Bruxelles, and a Bronze at the 2010 Northwest Wine Summit.)

Kettle Valley Winery Riesling 2008, has a bit of residual sugar with some apple, flower and citrus aromas, and apple with a bit of petrol flavours.

Cheers!

The Globe in Your Glass Media Tasting

This evening in support of Canuck Place, was the Globe in Your Glass tasting, with wineries from around the world. There was also a Media component, which usually has a person telling you something about the wines for the evening, BUT this evening was different. We were presented with 15 wines (8 white and 7 red) that were poured into carafes. Our task as Media was to taste each wine and guess the winery that produced it and the varietal or blend. We did get a hint for each wine, but it was still really hard. Also, all the wines were under $20, so good value.

The wines were of course unveiled at the end and the person(s) with the most right guesses, wins. Believe it or not, yours truly guessed the most correct wines. The wines we had to guess were:
- Hardys Stamp of Australia Riesling Gewurztraminer 2008 ($10.49)
- Sumac Ridge Private Reserve Gewurztraminer 2007 ($12.99) *
- Nk-Mip Cellars Pinot Blanc 2007 ($17.01)
- Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi Sauvignon Blanc 2008 ($9.99)
- Monkey Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2009 ($15.99) *
- Banrock Station Unwooded Chardonnay 2007 ($11.99)
- Jackson-Triggs Esprit VQA Chardonnay 2007 ($12.99)
- Inniskillin Okanagan Dark Horse Chardonnay 2005 ($19.99) *
- See Ya Later Ranch Unleashed Pinot Noir 2007 ($17.99) *
- Hogue Cellars Genesis Merlot 2004 ($19.99)
- Clos du Bois Merlot 2005 ($19.99)
- Barossa Valley Estates E-Minor Shiraz 2008 ($19.99)
- Hardys Chronicles "Butcher's Gold" Shiraz Sangiovese 2007 ($16.95) *
- Robert Mondavi Private Select Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 ($19.99)
- Ravenswood Vintners Blend Zinfandel 2006 ($19.99) *

The easiest for me to guess was the Monkey Bay Sauvignon Blanc, the See Ya Later Ranch Pinot Noir, and the Ravenswood Zinfandel. The toughest was the Nk'Mip Cellars Pinot Blanc and the Hardys Chronicles "Butcher's Gold" Shiraz Sangiovese.

The ones I enjoyed the most I put a "*" beside in case you are looking for a tasty wine under $20. Enjoy.