Spring Wine

Some types of wine are just clearly intended for a specific season, and with spring completely here now it makes sense to find a wine to show tribute to  the season.  Spring is all about filling three bottle wine carriers with wine that mimics the light and sweet flavors of the season.  A great match for the bright green and bloming flowers of spring is sauvignon blanc.  The dry, crispness of sauvingnon blanc with its charecteristic grassy, herbaceous notes couldn't be more like spring.  In fact the citrus flavors common in the wine are great for light spring meals.

New Zealand is a major producor of sauvingnon blanc and its variety is particularly ggreat for spring and spring like pairings because it tends to have an undertone of tropical fruit flavor.  But California makes great sauvignon too, while sometimes called fume blanc on te label it still is what a fan of sauvignon would look for. The only differance in the California version is that a little bit of oak flavor may be introduced.  Plenty of other spring wines are out there, it is just as easy to get something too sweet or deep flavored that will not suit the season.  Shop carefully and enjoy.

via Rhino Wino