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Wine of the Week: 2008 Lenz Merlot

April 8, 2015 in Tasting Room Series, Travel, wine by traveleatlove | No comments

Wow is the word for this wine. Earlier in the week we debated on whether or not to open one of our beautiful new white or rose wines and decided against it because it was cold, windy, and raw. We reached into our cellar and found one of the last bottles from our North Fork Long Island wine trip, a 2008 Merlot from Lenz..  It was a very good choice, but now I want more.

Lenz Merlot

Garnet in color, this wine is a rare gem, with round bursts of black and overripe plum, a little bit of dust, earth, and black pepper. It is absolutely delicious. It’s the kind of wine to help that transition between winter and reluctant spring, and it would be perfect with a slow cooked meal like pulled pork or a hearty soup.

If you have read this blog in the past couple of years, you know I love Long Island wine and wine country, especially this time of year. For information on a spectacular North Fork Long Island wine country getaway, check out some of these posts from the archives:

Greenport, NY – Harborfront Inn, Noah’s, and Blue Canoe

Cross Sound Ferry to the North Fork – a delightful way to travel for a weekend getaway from the Boston area

Kontokosta Winery

Wine Tasting in Long Island – Sparkling Pointe, Shinn Vineyards, and Croteaux

Harbes Farm

Touring and Tasting at the Beautiful Bedell Cellars

Tags: Greenport, Long Island, merlot, North Fork, Travel, wine, wine blog, wine of the week

Wine of the Week: Travessia 2014 Pinot Noir Rosé

April 1, 2015 in wine by traveleatlove | 3 comments

When the calendar tells me that it’s  Spring,, I get ready for rosé . There’s something so hopeful about dry pink wine that pairs with light and delicious seasonal dishes that signals the arrival of longer days and warmer weather (unless you live in Boston).

 

Travessia Rose of Pinot Noir

Travessia Urban Winery has been making one of my favorite rosé wines since tthe very early days of this blog. We discovered Travessia at our first Coastal Wine Trail event, became wine club members shortly after, and have been fans ever since.

The 2014 Rosé of Pinot Noir may just be my favorite Travessia rosé yet. It’s dry, drier than past years, with a beautiful rosy pink color and a crispness that will go perfect with the bounty of seafood from the nearby coast. Light notes of strawberry and watermelon mix with a hint of minerality. Wines like this are the perfect example of how well wines go with food from the same region in which they were grown. The grapes for this wine are from nearby Dartmouth.

wine tasting As always when we visit Travessia, we wandered New Bedford afterwards, loving the working fishing docks, deep blue sea and perfect skies. New Bedford is a charming New England gem and well worth a visit.

Boats in New Bedford

We capped off our visit with another delicious meal at Cork. I definitely recommend the Shrimp Ajillo!

lunch at Cork in New Bedford

What’s your wine of the week?

Tags: Massachusetts wine, New Bedford, pink wine, rose, rose wine, Travessia, wine, wine of the week, Wine Wednesday

Wine of the Week: Robert’s Rock Chenin Blanc/Chardonnay

March 25, 2015 in wine by traveleatlove | No comments

There was a lot of South African wine poured along our journey in Tanzania. A lot. The weather was blissfully hot, in the 90s  every afternoon, and after dusty days bumping around in a safari vehicle, all I wanted was a cold glass of South African white wine by the pool. Thankfully, I got my wish pretty much all the time.

Robert's Rock Chenin Blanc/Chardonnay

After four days camping in the Serengeti (more to come on that, lots more) I wanted cold white wine and the pool more than ever before. This Robert’s Rock Chenin Blanc/Chardonnay blend has a little bit of everything I want in a summery white wine. It’s bright with dry mineral notes, flinty, I would say, but with bursts of tropical fruit and a gentle toasty coconut-vanilla finish. For a value wine, there’s a lot going on. This is a great food wine, and as we experienced, a great pool wine.

Ngorogoro Farm Valley Lodge I have always wanted to visit South Africa for a safari and wine tasting, and my time in Tanzania, both my love for the landscape and people and my love for the wine, made South Africa even higher on my must-visit list.

If you could visit any wine region, what would it be?

My other two top wine region trips are Mendoza, Argentina and Sicily.

Tags: chardonnay, chenin blanc, South Africa, South African wine, wine, wine of the week

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