Stadt Krems Steinterrassen Riesling 2008

Stadt Krems Steinterrassen Riesling 2008 is from Austria, Niederösterreich, Kremstat. It has a very good structure and the taste is of mineral with some hints of peaches. Suprisingly it works very well together wth roastbeef , deer and pork. Very good and higly recommended. Lovely Riesling, now I must try some of their other wines.

Eisacktaler winetasting

Last summer as can be seen in the photo I had a winetasting. Three different wines from producer Eisacktaler from the province Südtirol (Alto Adige), they were all from the year 2010 and one each of the grapes Kerner, Gewürztraminer and Müller Thurgau. The bottle of Kerner had a very strong taste and didn't go that well together with the barbeque meat. The Gewürztraminer was much stronger than the usual Italian Gewürztraminer that I have tasted and lacked the nice taste of Elderberry that I usually associate with Italian Gewürztraminer. The best bottle in the tasting was the Müller Thurgau, perfect for a good summer day and very easy to drink. Buonissimo.
For the dessert I had a bottle of Passito wine from Pantelleria anno 2008. Now this is the nectar of the gods. Maybe a few years storage and it would have tasted better but who can wait sometimes.

Greco di Tufo 2010

Greco di Tufo 2010 is from Campania and the label of the Wine said it was good together with anti past so bring on the prosciutto and the salami. The wine tastes good and the dryness of the wine works very well with the prosciutto. It also says that the wine should work very well with fritti misti e pesce so next time I get a bottle I will try it with that.

Cidre De Normandie Boulard

It has been a while now since I had a french cider from Normandy. My favourite cider from Drouin is not available right now so I choose Boulard instead. This Cidre De Normandie by Boulard is very nice. It smells very nice and you can feel the apple character. The taste is dry and the apples is there again. The colour is very applelike. And to my surprise it went very well together with different assortment of cheeses. Normally I drink this cider at barbeques during summer.

Malvasia della Lipari 2004

Lipari is an island north of Sicily and a wine shop in Bologna recomended this passito wine from Lipari as an alternative to the passito wines from Pantelleria.
Passito di Salina 2004 from Lipari made from Malvasia grapes tastes good. Not as strong taste as the Pantelleria wines I have tasted before. Maybe it is the lower alcohol level of 12% that makes the difference? I like it and I wish I could find it in Sweden.

Villa Russiz Chardonnay 2005

Villa Russiz fom 2005 made by Chardonnay from the area Collio in Italy, it has a alcoholic strength of 14,5%. I drank it together with a Tagliatell al ragu and it went very well together. Strong dry taste and very nice. Will see if I can find more when I go back to Italy next time.