Wine With a Twist - "High on Italian Wine"
2008 Alois Lageder Pinot Bianco Haberle.
Pale straw color with a hint fo green, rich aromas and flavors of tropical fruits and a medium-weight, silky texture in the mouth. Not buttery or heavy like many Chardonnays; a medium acidity level means it won`t be too tart for people turned off by the sharpness of a Sauvignon Blanc. An appetizing 13% alcohol.
Distributed by Chambers and Chambers Wine Merchants.
If you haven`t heard of Italy`s Alto Adige wine region, join the crowd. I`d passed trough this German Inflacted area of Italy many years ago, but wasn`t familiar with its wines, so I was thrilled to attend a 90 - mitute seminar on its main wine varieties and distinctive geogarphy thday in San Francisco, followed by a walk-around wine tasting of almost two dozen producers fromn the area.
The Alto Adige wine region, one of Italy`s smallest winegrowing areas, is also its northermost bordering Austia and Switzerland and lying south of the section of the Italian Alps known as the Dolomites. Though not as widely known as many other wine regions like Alto Adige are the grape varieties I have never encountred, such as the rich, indigenozs Lagrein, and interesting blends such as a fragrant Reisling-Moscato-Chardonnay-Pinot Bianco blend.
