No Chalice Required Elaine Petersen

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.


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We revisit Italy this week with two Italian whites that Chip picked out at Binny's:

Pio Cesare Cortese di Gavi

and

Pepi Lignana Leopoldino Vermentino






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Chip & Lainie decide that it is time to check out Muscadet (aka "Melon de Bourgogne" or just "Melon"). Lainie LOVES to compare so-called "New World" vs. "Old World" wines, so this week it was Bow & Arrow Johan Vineyard Melon 2020 and Jo Landron La Louvetrie Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine 2019. Both were purchased from The Noble Grape here in Chicago.


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Chip and Lainie revisit the wines of Matija Žerjav. This time we try Matic Ya Yeah Sauvignon Blanc (an orange/skin contact wine) and Šipon, aka Furmint. Our squeals of delight during the podcast should clue you in to what we thought of these Slovenian wines. 



Producer: Matic Wines

Importer: Terraneo Merchants


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This week Lainie introduced Chip to two very tasty, reasonably priced white wines. They couldn't be more different from each other, but they are both delicious, great on their own or with food, and reasonably priced!



Es Okay Pinot Gris 2018 from Rootdown 

and

Domaine Cavalier Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert Blanc 2019



Both wines were purchased from Independent Spirits in Chicago.




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