Love Pinot Grigio? Try These White Wines
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- Опубликовано: 6 май 2020
- If you love New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc or Italian Pinot Grigio, then you should know about these lesser-known white wine varieties. Each wine represents a unique place in the world. SEE MORE BELOW!
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If you need an excuse to get into white wines, here are several:
• They’re cheaper than red wines (but not lower quality).
• They make a great beer substitute with little to no carbs.
• White wines have subtle flavors and teach you how to smell critically.
• Pairing food with white wine is simple.
• The only trouble with white wines is that they’re too easy to drink.
This video explores 4 white wines including Picpoul de Pinet, Vinho Verde, Grüner Veltliner, and a Colombard-Ugni Blanc blend from Côtes de Gascogne.
As it gets warm, it's crisp white wine on the porch season!
Amen!
Hear hear.
I don’t care what time of the year it is, I’m a huge fan of high acid light bodied white wine.
Thanks for this. You should also try Weißburgunder (Pinot Blanc) and of course RIESLING!
Great suggestion!
Truly this channel is one of the best wine information on RUclips! Thank you so much for all your explanations! So much gratitude from a beginner!
I am been exploring white more lately and I had a Sauvignon Blanc from Les Jamelles and I really enjoyed it. It was my first French white!
I love your Book. Easy to read and very resourceful to learn more. I love your videos . Keep going. You are inspiration for Wine Professional - Helping me with my transition from Wine Import Compliance to Sommelier
Love your book and always enjoy your videos. My one request would be that you feature wines you have tried and loved, versus wines you haven't opened yet. Because some of us want to drink everything on your channel 😁🙈 Thanks for the great info!
heh. well, see.… that would be giving away the learning opportunity!
I love your book! I bring it out everytime that I try a new wine.
Great timing, I was just writing an article about our Woodinville Pinot Grigios and this is the perfect append to my article!
Awesome video! I love those varietals! Keep up the good work, you guys are a huge inspiration to me with my channel. Wine Folly got me in to wine and made it easier for me to access information that was fun and unique. So thank you! Great video!
❤️❤️❤️Just ordered the Collector's Edition of your book! Let the journey begin! 🍷🍇🎈
You're the best! Hope you enjoy it :)
Love the Wine Folly book. it help me figure out some of the flavors I have not been paying attention to. Thanks you for opening the eyes of an old oenophile.
The book, "Wine Folly: Magnum Edition" is an excellent resource and is super helpful in researching everything about wine. Madeline - you are amazing and I enjoy all the videos. I'm sure Justin is equally entertaining! I'm quite interested in the work you're doing with APIs and will check things out!
After being laid off from a fine dining restaurant serving job, I was so lucky to get a fantastic opportunity working at a fine wine, spirits, and craft beer store. My ultimate white wine recommendation during all this has been Aveleda Vinho Verde. I call it “breakfast wine”.... 😉 Perfect wine for brunch that is NOT a mimosa!!!
You are awesome. Keep it up. And, thanks for the recommendation!! ;)
I really wish Picpoul was more readily available here, and two thumbs on the Vinho Verde, it's great bang per buck.
Most of my white collection is off dry German Riesling but I mix in days where I drink dry white to stop palate burn out, Chenin Blanc, Vinho Verde etc.
Hi, from Brazil! In addition to all these wines you showed, I also love Muscadet Sevre et Maine, Sancerre, Rieslings in general, Aligoté, Chenin Blanc, etc.
Love this. Light whites are my favorite. I really like to have seen you taste them.
I run a wine department at a co op and something I have been into lately is dry chenin blancs! Incredible value wine! Pine ridge, husch and broc cellars make incredible styles!
Ooooo. Bring on the American Chenin. In fact, we just featured on American Chenin from last video: ruclips.net/video/GGJN6OgpB0I/видео.html Turned out to be exceptional bottle. imo.
@@Winefolly I remember that video! Great job on the videos! I love all the mini series you do! Keeps me fresh with good information!
If you stumble across Austrian wines, try the unique "Uhudler", the red sorts of Zweigelt (more common), Zierfandler and Rotgipfler (Zierfandler is not Zinfandel! both less common). If you enjoy white wines you can try the "Juncker" from Southern Austria, high in acid and lemon and green apples notes. As soon as travelling allows it, you can even visit the area called the "Weinstrasse" (wine street) which is actually a whole region in Southern Styria. Great food and great cheap but good wines. And a private recommendation, the "Asia Cuvee" from Mayer am Pfarrplatz, a fantastically balanced white wine cuvee.
Love this comment. Sounds weird, crazy, whacky and exciting!
There is a producer here in Ontario called Pelee Island that makes a Gamay Noir Zweigelt and it's quite nice!
Love Armagnac did not know the region produced white wine can't wait to try some. Cheers!
You rock, thanks for all this great information
Glad it was helpful! :)
Thank you very much! Miss you so much! Make more videos!
I am argentinian, so I drink Torrontés wine. Give it a try. Apart from that, I also like Chardonnay.
Love Torrontés, in fact, I might have an upcoming video featuring "aromatics" of which I feel Torrontés is a real shining star. I've heard there are actually 3 grapes that make up the Torrontés group and that one of them tends to perform the best. Do producers call out the individual grapes in their bottlings there?
@@Winefolly Up to the medium priced wines I have not seen producers point out a specific variety of Torrontés in the bottle. Most of it is Torrontés "Riojano". The thing is that those grape varieties are named after three different provinces of Argentina (Rioja, San Juan and Mendoza) so I think producers prefer to emphasize the terroir rather than the grape because, marketing wise , it would be confusing to see a label saying "Torrontés Riojano" (meaning from La Rioja) and below that "Produced in Mendoza" or any other province.
I’m not sure if it’s light, medium, or full bodied: Assyrtiko. The specific vineyard is GWC, or Greek Wine Cellars, and the bottle was labeled “Flowers.” As it warmed up it became so smooth, sweet and buttery. The taste was intoxicating.
Enjoying learning from you, Maddy!
especially Assyrtiko from SANTORINI
@@tomchris8017 That's where it was from, now I remember :)
Albariño is one of my favorite wines!
Especially for summer. They tend to be very crisp and fresh. Perfect for shellfish and grilled white fish.
Are you drinking Rias Baixas albarino from Spain, arent you?
I’m getting an Aussie viognier to try as it seems so romantic to me, especially for a white wine!
Grüner Veltliner is such an awesome grape, one of my favorite white wine grapes, and many Austrian wines are really affordable and of high quality. I also love armagnac, and I wish people would discover it. It is an amazing spirit, and it is actually good for you. It contains several heart friendly components. The people of southwest France have one of the highes life expetancies in the world and many scientists think it is due to the wine (Madiran made of Tannat) and their armagnac brandy.
Yeah, those elders of the Gers!
Love your attitude! Great videos!
And as you asked, my recommendations:
1. Txakoli - Great easy drinking whites from the north of Spain
2. Sipon (Furmint grape) from Slovenia - especially Kobal winery
3. Muscadet (Melon grape) from the Loire Valley - great value, easy drinking.
4. Timorasso from Piedmont - bit fuller and more complex but probably the most interesting grape variety in Italy currently
And there are many more! Always great pleasure finding new ones
This is a badass list!
Txakoli was the first wine that came to mind. Awesome stuff!
Awesome as always. Garganega, verdicchio, arenis .....oh my! Are my “other” whites......👍 well, plus a few more😁😁😁
You are awesome! Highly educational and great delivery. Bought your original book but will be upgrading so I can support what you do.
I have an idea for an episode. There are wine aroma kits that can be purchased to help people identify notes in wines.
Can you do a review of a kit?
Wine Foilly sells a kit. We have it,
Excellent. No one else presents wine in such an interesting way. The maps are very good. It’s so hard to fund Languedoc wines these days. I will buy anything from that region Pic St. Lou etc. Pere Rose
Pic St. Loup is a DOPE DOPE region. Also, if you like that check out Terrasses Du Larzac
Could you do a video on tasting oak? Especially in red wines I always have trouble figuring out what people mean when they talk about it. Thanks for all your super helpful videos!
I really need to research about those obscure grapes! Lately I've really only been drinking mainstream Viogniers and Chardys~
I'm going to marry this comment.
Great to know!
I've been drinking Vernaccia from San Gimignano to mix it up a bit from my Chianti Classicos, which I love - The Vernaccia is nice & crisp and easy to drink. A fun, summer, sitting-on-the-terrace, sort of a drop when you want to reach for cool & refreshing.
Try the Vernaccia di San Gimignano Riserva from a small producer called San Donato. It's one of my favourite white wines at the moment. To die for! I regularly order it from the producer itself. Cheers!
Pullus Halozan from Slovenia is good too.
I also enjoy a good Vinho Verde! Most bottles are under $10. Every spring I buy a case of the Santola Vinho Verde!
Moscofilero is my go to dry white wine style for the summer get some really cool flavors and it can often pair well with salads that use Balsamic Vinegar in the dressing.
nice floral and this peach and tropic style yes, also you know is red grape but we making white wines
Moschofilero is fantastic. Very aromatic!
Great suggestions - thank you!
I can only drink light bodied white wines. Somehow everything else makes me feel sick in one way or another - headache, burning stomach, racing heart, etc.
Yes! Yes! Yes! Almost all of the wines you pulled for this vid are the styles I have been drinking for the bulk of my consumption for the last couple of years. All the Kremstal and Kamptal Gruners need to get in my face. The only real variation I have from your list is Irouleguy rather than Cotes de Gascogne. Great video but please don't let too many people in on our secret! Grapes are finite. ;-)
You should try some hybrid whites from the eastern US! Traminette, LaCrescent, Vignoles, Brianna or Frontenac Gris. When well made they can hold up to many vinifera white wines.
Love a Spain for easy drinking, fresh, affordable, and fun whites! Try Verdejo, Garnacha Blanca or a bit more unique, Rioja Blanco (a young one for that patio sipper)
Love the videos. Big fan of Albariño/Albarinho. Tend to lean towards the crisp acidic whites. Although not long ago I came across an old vines Verdejo that really impressed me as well. But much more subtle. I admit I recently tried Picpoul just because Wine Folly referenced it. Totally new to me and it's great. The one I tried had the crisp acidity but also had more flowery notes than say a Sauvignon Blanc. And I also do a little wine retail and have put these wines in where I work. But just wondering is anyone else having issues sourcing European wines on the retail side? Maybe it's just where I'm located, more in the center of the country. But the wine distributors I deal with haven't had hardly any European wines delivered in a while and not being on the more heavily populated coasts, wonder if they'll be getting any in anytime soon.
Yea Madeline. Love ya back! I like lighter whites esp when the weather is warmer or just looking for a refreshing beverage. I can't remember name of gruner producer from Kamptal... about $15 bucks a bottle.. They also produce a riesling. I think they are sm/med sized. ? Gobelsburg. pretty good..Estate Schlossgellerie (sp?)
Hey! Great video al always! You should try Torrontés, an indigenous grape from Argentina (a mix between Criolla Chica and Moscatel de Alejandría) that can produce a wide variety of wines but the most common is light, fruity and flowery, with a medium acidity and a bit of bitter aftertaste... Try an see if you like it!
Super great aromatic grape group! Aren't there like 2 or 3 varieties ?
@@Winefolly Yes! Those are Torrontés Sanjuanino, Torrontés Mendocino, and Torrontés Riojano. Most of the better quality wines are made from Riojano. I would've mentioned them in the OP but didn't wanna sound too nerdy... 🤣 Cheers!
If you can find it, try La Crescent, a native hybrid from the U. of Minnesota. Like a wicked fruity Riesling!
Love that you're mentioning a Hybrid!!
@@Winefolly hybrids need some lovin' too! 😅
Loimer Lenz Riesling is outstanding, but I can't find any at the moment. Crisp acidity, petrol and mineral dominate the nose, with some stone fruit in the back. It's awesome.
Thanks for the tip!
I love your channel and your books. Are these maps available in Europe? I'm a somm from Alto Adige and i love fresh white wines. Most of all Riesling and Chardonnay and Pinot Noir of course from the reds. I love to explore and taste different styles
I love the white wines from Alto Adige. Tell me, do you have Nosiola there? I had some from Trentino, and I wondered if Alto Adige had any other rare whites I should know about. Yes, we do ship to Europe on shop.winefolly.com but expect to pay VAT and shipping fees. We also sell smaller resolution versions in digital format (for studying).
@@Winefolly thanks, no you don't nosiola in Alto Adige. You must try wines of the cantina Terlano, the Sauvignon Blanc Quarz or the rarity wines
a coming up greek variety such as MALAGOUZIA is what you need to drink espicially now at spring - summer,its like you have the spring in your mouth
Now that's a rare grape! I've heard it was single-handedly brought back into existence by one crazy winery. :)
@@Winefolly yes, mr gerovasiliou and brought it back and came famous and lovely in greece, fruity a lot i can say, like chenin blanc or Gewürztraminer
I am 95% amateur , but I tried a granache blanc (Pi) and loved it. Maybe that's common, but it was super interesting to me.
Oh, Madeline! How could you leave out Muscadet? France's best cheap white wine!
I have let you down and I'm sorry ;)
@@Winefolly You are forgiven :) It is good stuff, though!
Shout Out for Forlorn Hope and Haarmeyer in Norcal!!
Forlorn hope makes great wines! The nacre is incredible!
Just seeing your channel. I’m new to drinking so I went on a plane a while ago and tried a bunch of drinks, started with white wine because I hate the bitter tart taste of red wine and I thought I would like the hard drinks, but they tasted like acid in my mouth, numbing my tongue when they were a plain drink. The last drink I had was a cocktail of bourbon whiskey that looked milky white and was sweet and creamy which I really liked and wanted to get another but we were about to land. I tried to reproduce this with cheap benchmark bourbon and I think I need the proper ingredients recipe. I just bought a bottle of white wine and wanted to try something different. I used the Vivino app but the bottle didn’t really taste very well, but part of my idea was to just add it to water. I want to try something like the Peterson Zinfandel you showed. I was looking at something very one sided instead in the middle like bold, smooth, sweet, soft but maybe under $20 and if less than $12 would be ideal unless you can’t get that great wine for that price.
Will you do a video about Sauternes.
love picpoul!
Miss watching you I hope you are well
Will you ever review wines from Spain as you did with Italian wines?
Where do you make your wine purchases online???
White burgundy, all day every day. Not actually but domaine charginy has a wonderful representation of Chardonnay out of Saint verant
Saint Veran is a great spot to hunt for value. Good rec...
I have been loving the 2018 Bodegas Muga Blanco from Rioja lately, it's so bright and easy to drink! This video also taught me I've been pronouncing Languedoc-Roussillon incorrectly 😖
I've heard it a few ways but my GF somm friend has told me: "Long-dock" "Roo-see-yon"
Silvaner from Franken or Alsace is really good, if you can find it.
Love love love love LOVE Silvaner. I had some from the Rheinhessen on VDP GG grounds (although not technically allowed for some reason). Holy hell was is the best.
Wine Folly ever tried a Zotzenberg Sylvaner? Good stuff!
I know there is something special with the glass bottle of a Picpoul de Pinet. What is it again Wine Folly? because i forgot :)
Will you be covering raisin wines? These are wines made from sun dried grapes of a specific cultivar.
Sure. Good idea. Passito style!
I gotta admit, I'm a fan of your channel. This time, learned a lot about white wines. But, disagree with one point: acidity in wine, as
perceived by us human beings, is not pH, but titratable acid. Now, I want to find wine made with piquepoul/picpoul grapes.
Picpoul de Pinet, Vinho Verde, Grüner Veltliner, and Colombard-Ugni Blanc blend from Côtes de Gascogne great selection. Which one was your favorite?
Quality-wise: The Soalheiro and Allram were awesome, but I could have drank 3 bottles of that Côtes de Gascogne on a hot week, every night, with barbecue. Honestly, it was bold enough to hold up to something robust (perhaps some RS?)
@@Winefolly I love your channel. It's really GOOD CONTENT.
What about Brazilian wines?
Where do you buy your wines online?
This haul was with klwines
🔥🔥🔥
For someone who is struggling to get into white wines, where should one start?
so glad you asked! We actually have a guide right here: winefolly.com/wine-basics-beginners-guide/
Also, if you're serious about developing your palate, definitely join me and learn how to taste in this video ruclips.net/video/pJ_6QO-a5Us/видео.html&t=
Additionally, I'd highly recommend checking out the book: winefolly.com/wine-folly-magnum-edition-the-master-guide-hardcover-ebook/
I Love pinot grigio and sauvignon blanc, but nowadays I am getting a lot more of german Riesling.
Where’d the new videos go? I need to drink
Aww... No viogner or riesling on this list. That's what I'm drinking 🥂
I just discovered viognier and I love it
I also love viognier, but it tends to be more full-bodied. Taste it against a vinho verde & the contrast is striking.
I’d say Riesling is rather full bodied ;)
Riesling depends on The region. At cold places they can be light.
I think the white wines are not easy to catch, no easy task, can be more complex??
2:50 Good God, search for native pronunciations on the net 😄 _"Kamptal"_ for instance necessarily has to have the stress on the first syllable since _"Tal"_ _("tawl" or something for anglos)_ just means "valley". So it is the valley of the Kamp - a little river. Therefore the stress is on the closer determination of which valley is in question. Not that you'd have to know these things, but when it comes to pronouncing foreign languages, you could just ask the internet to find natives pronouncing it. Same is true for Languedoc-Roussillon, BTW. It's a few clicks away. Better than makeup 😉
You'd be surprised how effective makeup is. But yes, I can dig for that ish. Part of me just wants to pronounce everything with a Texas drawl to get those grammar-and-pronunciation folks to chill a bit. Pronunciation is one of those things I've come to appreciate is really more of a trigger for people and not important (as long as people understand what you're referencing.) All the other things that go into this video that you don't see and hear (like hours editing in Davinci Resolve, setting up lighting, practicing, blah blah. ) but yeah. You know what. The best solution would be to find a friend who LOVES to get pronunciation right, and share a glass every week learning how to pronounce esoteric wine regions like Kamptal. NOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE FUN!
@@Winefolly Depends what kind of effect you are looking for 😄 Anyway, it's just a matter of imagining some French presenter calling Clinton the former governour of _"ar _*_cän_*_ säss"_ instead of _" _*_ar_*_ can saw"_ . It's no big deal for you, like it isn't for me here either, but it would be slightly embarrassing for that French presenter. So you see: I am just protecting you from yourself 😑 Easy:
forvo.com/word/kamptal/
@@TheSoteriologist My SO also protects me from myself! I think he'll agree with you. He'd also emote that it is a full time job.
@@Winefolly Can I get some of the benefits, too, sometimes ? 😉 Only if he agrees. I'd even tolerate some of the makeup. 😂
ruclips.net/video/0D5ah2963cY/видео.html
Listen-- I have 25 years of wine education, wine retail, and 5-star hospitality - and I am here to say-- let it go. In retail and hospitality, thou shalt not correct the customer. In education, we try to get it right and have the students engrave on brain. As for Madeline, lay off the criticism. Wine Folly is a huge gift to the world- accessible for novices, but sophisticated enough for experts and those striving to become experts. Can't believe what Madeline and Wine Folly have achieved from the ground up, on what seems like a reasonable budget. If you're a somm in a fine establishment, go google the pronunciation of Kamptal, etc. The rest of us will get along just fine. In 25 years of working with the public, I've had exactly ONE customer correct my pronunciation (language instructor fluent in 5 languages). Most have no idea. LASTLY I will credit my brilliant and beloved wine instructor at CIA, Steven Kolpan, who knew his pronunciation 100% and made such an impression on me that I think of him weekly 28 years later. Madeline-- carry on. You rock!!
Grüner Veltliner, this V is an exception. It is not pronounced F.
I’m the only one in my family who drinks white wine.
we just found your channel and love it! come visit ours?
She's so beautifulllllll omg omg omg omg omg
Does T-Rex have a favorite wine?
-gn- doesn’t pronounce like -ng- in English at all
Sorry, but I prefer to buy my wines locally.
Pinot gray is the worst.
Also that alvarinho is not that great there are much better ones.
It was pretty good. If that's not your favorite, what wineries would you recommend?