Another week has come and gone. We’re almost to the end of September and soon October will be upon us. Week 3 brought with it slightly cooler weather, so we had a few more reds but still made room for some excellent white wines. Here’s our list for the week. Don’t forget, you can also follow our progress on the NC Wine Month 2015 Challenge page.
When it comes to drinking wine out of the appropriate glass there are several schools of thought on the subject. Many believe that the glass doesn’t make a terrible amount of difference to the wine tasting experience and when you do use a higher quality glass, it’s really just the perception of having the wine taste better. Still others believe that the wine glass itself can make or break the wine.
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Tonight’s wine comes from a winery that we’ve already reviewed, but we wanted to review another wine from them as our last one was more of a dessert wine. For dinner we had grilled lamb meat balls, which is what we normally have when we are opening a bottle of Hanover Park Mourvèdre. It is also known as Monastrell and is usually a darker wine with heavy tannins and an earthy complex profile. The wine is common in France, however it is often found in red blends of both French and Spanish origin, usually blended with Grenache and Syrah.
Perhaps one of the best ways to draw an evening to a close is with a glass of Port. Port Hanover, made by Hanover Park, is one of the few wineries in North Carolina to bottle and sell fortified wines. Continue reading →