Who wants less alcohol with their wine?
That’s the trend, says writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl. “Fruit bombs,” she says, are out.
These wines (so jammy, so big, so plush) show well at a giant tasting, but they do not show so well at your table. You put one of these cabernet sauvignons next to a roast lamb dish and it’s like putting Godzilla at the table with Bambi. You don’t get to taste what you’re eating.
So Dara brought three low-alcohol bottles into the studio with Lynne for a tasting: La Fiera Moscato, Heinz Eifel Riesling Kabinett and Già Langhe Rosso. They made some notes.
Here’s the audio:
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