Tag: riesling

White

Folk Machine White Light

Folk Machine White Light paired with Jamaican Jerk Chicken & a Sweet Potato
April 25, 2018

This wine’s label was putting me in a fun mood and I hadn’t even opened it yet! The funny shapes of the Edison light bulbs and the use of some clever white space made this wine appear carefree and refreshing. I had high hopes for a perfect Spring wine. As you probably guessed, this was a white wine blend. It consisted of 40% Riesling, 30% Tocai Friulano, 11% Verdelho, 11% Sauvignon Blanc, and 8% Muscat. The wines were sourced from various areas in California keeping true with the Hobo Wine Company philosophy. Yes! A winery called the Hobo Wine Company…

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White

Jeannette Eger Riesling

December 4, 2017

I was very excited for this week! I would be trying a Riesling that I had chosen from Wine Awesomeness for winning Instagrammer of the week. Each week they choose an Instagram post based on tags used to win a free bottle of wine from their site. Bonus! You get to pick it out! Jeannette Eger’s story is a rather interesting one. She grew up deep in German wine country and her family owned a very large vineyard. She worked with them until she felt the yearning to produce something all her own and on a much smaller scale. She…

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