Okay, somebody call a time-out.
Things are getting a little too edgy. Everybody back to their corner, now! We
know that we live in a 24/7 news cycle world. It never stops—they’ve got to
keep you scared and interested so you don’t change the channel or stop looking
at the screen.
I’m taking a breather. This
week no market volatility discussion, no recession talk, no Ebola—let’s sit back
and open a nice bottle of wine and breathe. Ahhhh, relax, and let’s enjoy the
weekend.
A long time ago I gave up
drinking chardonnay, especially that overly oaken beverage they claim is wine.
Did you know that some California wine producers actually soak their juice in
wood chips to get that oaky flavor?
Recently I have been
drinking one of France’s treasured wines, Muscadet. Muscadet is sometimes
confused with the sweet wine muscatel, from the grape varietal muscat. Muscadet
is a dry white wine from the Loire Valley. The wine is made from the muscadet
grape, sometimes called melon. It is bone-dry with a little bit of a mineral
taste, in a good way. There are several growing regions within Muscadet; the
most famous wines come from Muscadet Sèvre et Maine.
What I love about Muscadet
is that you can taste the fruit. It is not overpowered by oak or wood chips. It
is subtle and elegant. Muscadet is best served with shellfish, but at a
recent lunch I enjoyed a glass with Pork Milanese and a frisée
salad—perfection!
Muscadet is best enjoyed
young, so purchase a bottle from a recent vintage (within the last two years).
Another great thing about Muscadet is that it is cheap. You don’t have to spend
more than $12.00 for a good bottle.
Two bottles that I have
enjoyed recently were from Château de la Chesnaie 2013 and Domaine de
la Tourmaline 2012.
Go ahead, put your worrying
on hold, or better yet, let it drift away and buy a few bottles of Muscadet
this weekend. Prepare a pot of mussels or buy some fresh oysters and shrimp and
Muscadet—take your troubles away.
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