Wining in the year
Yesterday I stopped at QFC and picked up a bottle of moscato d’asti, our favorite special occasion sparkling wine. If you’ve never tried this wine, I highly recommend it—it’s light (5.5 alcohol), tastes like a peach, and has soft, refreshing bubbles. (In Italian, it’s frizzante rather than spumante.)
Ideally, at least. The bottle I bought had gone flat. “Do you think I should return this?” I asked Laurie.
“I think returning a bottle of wine on New Year’s Day and saying it didn’t have bubbles is the saddest thing I’ve ever heard,” she replied.
Here’s to 2009!
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Comment by great
To wine lovers like Grandpa Marvin and me, 5.5% is most unattractive…we have been buying a lovely white wine from the Loire called Vouvrey, which is referred to as “petillant” meaning bubbly. Its alcohol content is 12.5%, the real stuff…I would not recommend that Iris should sample it!…but you and Laurie might enjoy it and it is reasonable, about $5.
Posted on January 1, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Comment by great
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Posted on January 1, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Comment by Lani
Oh, I love Moscato d’Asti! My favorite is Saracco, which you can get a big fricking bottle of from the Wine Outlet in Interbay. Great for summer parties, or desserts with roasted pineapple and some sorbet.
Posted on January 6, 2008 at 7:41 pm