On May 5, 12:43*pm, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> Saturday night's dinner consisted of scallops and Patagonian Toothfish
> pan-seared and served with a mango-papaya-avocado salsa of the non-spicy
> variety. *With this, we opened:
>
> 2006 Domäne Wachau Grüner Veltliner Federspiel ($11.99)
> nose: intense minerality, green pea
> palate: crisp acidity, wet stones, a bit of white peach underneath a
> vivid green element, light body
>
> This opened for a Grüner-loving friend of ours (no winegeek she, but GV
> has now totally eclipsed NZ SB in her world... at least until the $
> takes another hard slide against the €) following another bottle of the
> current-release Foreau Vouvray Brut (toastier than previous bottles,
> still yummy). *This wine is the product of the local grower's
> co-operative (Freie Weingärtner Wachau) and is one of the great QPR
> wines of the moment. *Purchased at Whole Foods on a recent excursion to
> Chicago.
>
> Mark Lipton
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thanks. I have an order to pick up at Zachys, they have and I'll grab
some.
I think I've said before, to me only the Produttori del Barbaresco
can equal Domane Wachau/FWW among co-ops.