88 2007 Firestone Riesling
Central Coast
13.0% alc.
$6.99 (Trader Joe's)
www.firestonewine.com
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Another decent Riesling, this time from Santa Barbara County, Central Coast California. Available at Trader Joe’s for only $6.99, it is priced the same as my perennial favorite value Riesling from Chateau Ste. Michelle. It is drier though, which I prefer when not pairing it with food.

It has crispness and a clean finish which I like. Just enough melon, honeysuckle and pear on the nose without going overboard into fruit la-la land. I suspect it would pair well with a lemon grass dish, but for now I agree with the winemaker and enjoy it as a sipping wine.

It’s a nice change up to the Chateau Ste. Michelle which offers a sweeter finish, but is a little much on it’s own. The Firestone is also available at Bevmo so if you’re looking for an easy drinking white for the long weekend, try it out.

Meantime, I’m going to buy a few more bottles and see if it stands the test of time on a few more warm, breezy San Jose evenings. I’m hoping that I’ve unconvered yet another decent value, daily drinker. Just in time for summer too.

Clinton Stark
Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, Fan of Napa (and Diet Coke)

Clint co-founded StarkSilverCreek and writes about social media, arts, wine, indie film, and his trusty Droid. An aging ice hockey player, he tries in vain to direct Loni in SSC videos. Originally from Ottawa, Canada, Clint is a Silicon Valley and new media entrepreneur. From the early PC clone days in the 80’s, to the explosion of telecom and networking in the 90’s, and now to social networking, Web 2.0 and software-as-a-service, Clint has successfully built businesses and start-ups into multi-million dollar operations. Recently as VP marketing he spearheaded the launch of a $110M company. But that was then.

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