The Algers’ Chicken Dinner White ranks as one of the most popular wines in Idaho, and it’s Riesling that drives the blend year after year. Last year’s vintage of the noble grape of Germany shines on its own here, polished to dryness at 0.5% residual sugar. And yet there’s fascinating tropical aromas of lychee with a backing of Uncola, peach, orange blossom, spearmint and a … [Read more...] about Huston Vineyards 2015 Riesling, Snake River Valley, $19
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Lindsay Creek Vineyards 2013 Chardonnay, Washington, $18
Lewis-Clark Valley winemaker Art McIntosh sent this Chardonnay from the Columbia Valley through new French oak for six weeks just prior to filtering. It offers aromas of dried pear, caramel, maple nut, vanilla and orchard blossoms that give way to pleasing flavors of Ambrosia apple, Bartlett pear and pineapple. Touches of minerality and pear skin add complexity to the … [Read more...] about Lindsay Creek Vineyards 2013 Chardonnay, Washington, $18
Strange Folk Wines NV La Bohéme White Wine, Snake River Valley, $12
Boise winemaker Jed Glavin, whose primary label is Split Rail Winery, shows his nonconformist side with the wine-in-a-can Strange Folk Wines program. The source of this 100 percent Riesling from the 2014 vintage is Skyline Vineyard, Idaho's largest site, and he presents it with 2% residual sugar. Aromatically, it hints at lime juice, pear, gooseberry and a faint whiff of … [Read more...] about Strange Folk Wines NV La Bohéme White Wine, Snake River Valley, $12
Lindsay Creek Vineyards 2013 Petite Sirah, Washington, $35
Lewis-Clark Valley winemaker Art McIntosh pulls Petite Sirah from two vineyards in Washington's Horse Heaven Hills vineyards - Destiny Ridge and Zephyr Ridge - while getting a small contribution from his family’s own planting among the fields outside of Lewiston, Idaho. There’s a nice blend of fruit and barrel with blackberry and blueberry aromas mixing with cola, vanilla and … [Read more...] about Lindsay Creek Vineyards 2013 Petite Sirah, Washington, $35
Telaya Wine Co. 2013 Mourvèdre, Snake River Valley, $35
Telaya Wine Co., in Garden City, Idaho, sourced fruit from the state's breadbasket — Skyline Vineyard — for its 2013 Mourvèdre. Then Earl and Carrie Sullivan, the owners and winemakers, turned it into a dark, intense wine that offers hints of white pepper, blackberries and almost jammy black currants in its aromas, then blackberries, black currants and minerality in its … [Read more...] about Telaya Wine Co. 2013 Mourvèdre, Snake River Valley, $35