Wine Wednesday ~ European Wines Outside France and Italy

by Marty Cook

Similar to the way in which many of us consistently seem to buy wines made from the same 15 – 18 grapes, it seems that many of us also tend to choose our European wines primarily from France and Italy.  The interesting thing is that the vast majority of European countries make wine, and a number of those countries have centuries old winemaking traditions!

Our challenge for this coming Wine Wednesday, April 21st at 7:00 p.m. is to choose a wine from Europe, anywhere other than France or Italy.  The obvious fallback choices are Spain, Portugal, and Germany; but, what about Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland, Austria and Greece?  Or, maybe you can find wines from some really obscure or out-of-the-way countries, such as Israel or the Caucuses or beyond?

So, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to research the possibilities and find a wine you can feature this coming Wednesday that has its origins in a European country other than France or Italy!  And, by the way, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily are off limits too, as they are technically owned by either France or Italy!

As usual, please remember to photograph the front and back labels of your bottle and e-Mail them to WineCat@pa.net no later than Wednesday noon, so that they can be included in our PowerPoint slides for that evening’s get-together!

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday, April 21st at 7:00 pm on the Zoom link below!

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