Blaufrankisch - an indian summerwine

Posted by Drud

September is here and we now tend to leave summers light wines and enjoy the more full bodied ones. There are, however, wines that still target the seasons small changes delightfully. The other day I found a bottle of Blaufrankisch from Burgenland. I am quite a fan of these "colder" reds, as they have a rich and heavy bouquet yet surprising crispy (and lighter) body with good fruit. A recipe for a perfect Indian summer wine.  

After 30 min open, a great bouquet grew out of the bottle with dark cherries, chalk, earth, salt licorice, and oak. The wine is mineral with a fresh bite. Uncomplicated and lovely. 89P 

Moric Blaufrankisch 2005/Winetrader.dk aprrox 120dkk

Krebsekalas og chablis

Weekenden forsvandt i de vældige svenske skove, og hvad er bedre end at lave sin egen krebsekalas med chablis.  For godt 2 uger siden slog vi til på en kasse La Pierelee 2005, fra Chablisienne.  Vi grillede en ordentlig bunke krebs, og havde vinen på køl. 

For 79.95 kr er denne vin helt sikkert et godt køb. En frisk næse af hasselnød, eksotisk frugt, floral. Smagen er først frisk syrlig, mineralsk, lidt æble/pære noter, der overtages en nøddeagtig sødme, som hænger længe efter. 90P - Drud

Årgang 09 Danmark

Sommeren 09 har været god og her idag kom endnu et indslag i pressen om det danske klima som værende velegnet for hvidvinsdruer.  Vi har endnu ikke smagt på Danmark her på Grapejuices,  men det må der snart laves om på. Hvad er jeres oplevelser med dansk vin? 

Vin Dot Com

Posted by Drud

Hvem har ikke prøvet at komme hjem fra ferie med en uforglemmelig vin oplevelse. Man købte en ukendt flaske og nu ønsker man sig brændende at drikke den igen. Ofte sker der et af 2 scenarier. Et, producenten importeres slet ikke i DK eller to, producenten føres i DK men til helt uhyrlige priser.

Og så er det jo besnærende at forsøge på internettet i denne globaliserede tidsalder. Men det bliver ofte ved tanken, for pludselig skal man vudere troværdigheden af Web-butikken, læse med småt og spekulere over porto, transporttid med mere. Dertiltrods køber vi rask væk bøger fra Amazon, CD fra musik websites, men ikke vin. 

For mit eget vedkommende skyldes det primært at jeg ikke er tryg ved ved tanken om at en god flaske vin strander 2 uger i en varm postomdeling. Men tager internationale web-butikker ikke højde for det?

Jeg har endnu mit første udenlandske postordrekøb tilgode, men jeg har været fristet utallige gange. Man kan jo gøre eksperimentet at gå på http://www.wine-searcher.com og finde en af sine favoritter og samligne prisen mellem forhandlere i udlandet og så i Danmark (hvis den da findes i DK). Ofte forbløffes man over det vældige prisspænd, og man fristes derfor stærkt af at købe vin på ”dot.com” måden.

God vin koster mange penge

Ja god vin koster mange penge, i særdeleshed i Danmark! Men når jeg engang imellem ikke lader romantikken, historierne og dankortet løbe af med mig, er det fordi at selv den bedste vin ofte kun koster få euro at fremstille. Resten er den gode historie om vinen.  Læs mere om det her.

Er der nogen som har gode erfaringer med vin indkøb fra udlandet så hører jeg gerne på jeres erfaringer..

White wine in Denmark - what to grow???

For some time we have been thinking of establishing a wine parcel or two in Denmark. And after some hours of study, picking a locality, thoughts now arise on which grape varietal(s) would be suited for a minor wine production in Denmark. I suppose, due to the danish climate, that white wine grapes is the only natural choice. 

With preliminary talk with www.vinplanten.dk on choice of sorts - the recommendation was "Johanitter" a fresh grape which by phone was described with some characteristics/similarities to Riesling (lets see about that!), and "Solaris" which is described as sweeter and more "heavy". Both should be ideel to mix, hence to find a prefered level of between the acidity and sweetness. Both grape varietals are quite resistant to the danish climate.

The list of grape varietals is long, and other sorts could be tried out, so any other recommendations or comments are welcome

Crab cakes and Chablis

Matching food and wine is always a delicate matter. Even though there are some obvious parings, it always comes down to things like seasoning, cooking time and off course personal preferences. Here follows one of the more obvious ones but none the less it was a great paring.

Last week there was a sale on crab claws and Birgitte and I went and bought 2kg. The meat was taken out and estimated to around 800g of pure meat, not bad.

We started off by making a soup of the shells together with some fish leftovers. A little Pastis just gives this little hint of anis that goes so well with fish.

Thereafter we prepared the meat with a couple of eggs, a little Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper, parsley and some rolled oats to keep it together. The cakes were fried and served with linguini. The sauce was a bit of the reduced soup with added cream and some fine slices of carrot. A little nip of parsley gave it the green touch.

To this we drank a Chablis “La Pierrelée” from La Chablisienne with some age (2002). Nice minerality and a touch of citrus and peach. The age gives it a little buttery taste almost nutty. I bought a case of this a couple of years ago and I am now down to my last bottle (Sigh). This wine was a scoop at 80 DKR and has developed nicely over the years. However do I think that this wine has reached its limit in shelf life.

Mads E

Back in Denmark

Posted by Drud

Back from an eventfull trip in Portugal. I found many new interesting wines and visited Dao and Collares. Unfortunately i could not bring as many bottles home this time around, but managed to get a few of Niepoorts projects (Colheita tardia, 2003, Tras Os Montes), Mouchao 2003 (Alentejo) and a bottle of Arenæ 2000, ramisco (Colares). I am very curious about the last one whether the tannins have softend after 8 years of bottling? ....I expect a test soon!