Fall is in the air...

The winds are blowing from the NW today with a real chill in the air, and the wines I gravitate to when the weather turns cooler include fuller-bodied whites and succulent reds to accompany the comfort foods we start to cook at this time of year:

I enjoyed the Saint Roch Vieilles Vignes Grenache Blanc-Roussanne 2015 Cote du Roussillon AOP - Vintages # 175232 - a quite good deal at $15.95.  These two South of France white grapes blended together produced a wine that is mid-weight on the palate, with refreshing flavours of pear and flint, and having enough body to hold up to rich poultry dishes.

And it had admittedly been a while since I drank (and enjoyed) a Zinfandel - a grape that typically shows huge fruit flavours and high alcohol, this in a wine world striving for a bit more restraint.  The Smoking Loon Zinfandel - LCBO #272393 @ $14.95 however, was juicy and quite approachable even at 14% alc./vol., with just the right amount of oak flavours on the finish.  A go-to-wine for baby back-rib lovers!

Enjoy!

Later,
Mo