The Laughing Wolf

Saturday Wine Tasting

Okay, no notes this week as I am having Palm problems. If you live anywhere near Huntsville, Alabama, there are several wine tastings around, but the free Saturday tasting at Pauli’s is always quite good. This week, as a thank you to the regulars, they did champagnes and caviar.

Now, I don’t buy french anymore, but there are a number of excellent sparkling wines out there that will give any champagne a run for its money. I did drink the french offered on Saturday and enjoyed it very much, but would urge you to try American, Australian, and even Spanish sparklings this year. As for the caviar, I really have got to win the lottery as I love good caviar and can’t afford it. As it was, I will say the Beluga they had was quite good, but the new type I tried and loved was paddlefish. It was nutty and complex, compares quite well with Oestra and similar, and is much more reasonably priced.

LW