Boston Tasting

I had a great experience last night at a wine tasting out in Boston. The class was called "Anything but Ordinary", and I was thrilled to be trying wines I've never tried before. I have nothing but good things to say about ALL of the wines I tasted. Most likely due to the fact that the teacher was a wine snob like myself, and only allowed us and himself to drink the best. First we tried an Austrian wine called Gruner Vetliner. I'll be honest..I've never heard of this grape variety(shame shame), but it was the kind of wine that even a non-wine drinker would enjoy. It was very smooth and clean. The reason for this is because this type of wine is only fermented in a cold steel tank. We also tried a South African Chenin Blanc that was highly acidic, which is ok with me because I tend to like that "bite" of it. We also tried a Gewurtztraminer from Washington and it was delish! I blogged about a Gewurtztraminer earlier that I honestly didn't really care for. But that Gewurtz. was from France, and the French tend to like their wines a lot drier than Americans..So, the Washington Gewurtz. was so sweet and so good. The two highlights of the whole night had to be a Chilean Carmenere and a New York Holiday wine. The Carmenere was sooo different. It was extremely peppery and had a bite to it that I've never tried before.ever. The holiday wine was heated up on the stove, and it was like drinking hot cider with cinnamon and cloves. It reminded me of Christmas. And you gotta love Christmas in a cup. I'll be wine shopping for both of these wines very shortly..