No Chalice Required Lainie Petersen

Chip and Lainie return triumphantly to No Chalice Required with this wonderful Otto Uve Gragnano from Door 24 in Bucktown. Show recorded at Birch Road in Roscoe Village. Interested in joining Birch Road? Mention "Chicago Wine Report" to waive your initiation fee when joining.

Chip intended for us to enjoy a Southern Rhone blend from Anne Pichon this show, and we did! We also had some leftover Elena Walch 2020 Pinot Grigio from our latest Chicago Wine Report. Delightful stuff. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/no-chalice/support

Chip & Lainie tried out some fantastic wines by two of Germany's best "natural" winemakers: The Brand Bros and Jochen Beurer. We've tried wines by both winemakers before and loved them. These two wines were no exception. Tip: The In der Luft improves with about 30 minutes of airing. Don't decant. Just open the bottle, put it in a chiller and let it open up a bit. It's worth the wait! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/no-chalice/support

The focus of this episode was two wines from Austria by winemaker Ingrid Groiss:
Ingrid Groiss Gemischter Satz and Ingrid Groiss Hasenhaide Rosé Both were purchased at All Together Now in Chicago. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/no-chalice/support

This week Chip selected two Chardonnay wines from the West Coast:  Washington's Columbia Valley: Browne Family Vineyards "Heritage" 2017 and  California's Monterey County: Poppy Santa Lucia Highlands 2018


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Lainie and Chip check out two "elevated" porch pounders: Light bodied, quaffable wines that are just a wee bit more elegant than what comes out of boxes and (most) jugs. 
Mary Taylor Cabrerisse 2020
and
Caruso & Minini Catarratto 2020
Both wines were purchased at the suggestion of Tristain, wine buyer for Augusta Food & Wine in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/no-chalice/support