An early Easter Dinner

Many of you (if "you", that is, readers, exist) are familiar with the difficulty of feeding children.  In our house, our kids are big fans of processed meats - ham, sausage, any meat product involving preservatives, basically.  Truth is, I don't mind those things either!  Anyway, tonight Louise made a house favorite - a big ol' ham with her famous Pineapple Caserole.  To go with it, I chose a gift from my Dad, a 2008 Wolfgang Gru-Vee Gruner Veltliner from Austria. It was a nice simple wine with hints of lemon, grass, and, strangely, strawberries.  We enjoyed it and would drink it again.  I think, however, that the more traditional ham pairing with a good German Riesling is generally more successful.

Its nice to be back drinking new wines again - we're finally home and all healthy!

Christmas Presents

Christmas in Pennsylvania brought with it 5 bottles of wine to add to my strength in Germanic white wines, and Rieslings in particular. 

First off, I got two 2007 Pauly-Bergweiler Berkasteler Badstube and Doktorberg Rieslings, a Kabinett and a Spatlese.  These I am looking forward to cellaring for a few years before opening.  Also, an Austrian Gruner-Veltliner from Wolfgang Vineyards, which, I think, my dad bought for the label! 

Also an AJ Adam Riesling Kabinett (2006), and a more local Finger Lakes Riesling from Hermann J. Wiemer.  All of these should be great, and one Riesling or another will accompany our traditional Pennsylvania Dutch pork dinner on New Year's Day!