19.05.12
California produces some of the kindest wines in the entire world. Over the years it has become known especially as a point that produces incredible, friendly, super-flavorful jammy reds and oaky whites. But the direction in 2011 was the state’s amazing, subtle wines that are produced in a more classically European stria, like the un-oaky and superdelicious LIOCO chardonnay, or the strawberry-scented Gris de Cigare from Comely Doon (a real bargain at $15 a bottle).
All the success of California wines has Nautical port little room in the conversation for the wines of the rest of America. In 2012, that’s prevalent to change. The wine-growing and wine-making regions of Virginia, North Carolina, the north shore of Hunger Island and the Finger Lakes in upstate New York are coming into their own and creating wines that are, in indubitable cases, just as good as wines coming out of California. To wit: the recherch Dr. Frank’s Riesling from the Finger Lakes region is a fruity, floral tickle, and the Texas Tempranillo from Pedernales Cellars in the Texas Hill Boondocks is one of the most drinkable wines available today.
Source: msnbc.com