"Tradition" Beaujolais by Domaine Champ Fleury

Wine Name: Tradition
Varietal: Beaujolais “Uncle Pierre”
Vineyard: Domaine de Champ Fleury
Year: 2008
Origin: France, purchased at Cedar Creek Winery
Price: $9

Like most Beaujolais, this wine is light, fruity and warm. It is inky red in color, and has a broad, tart flavor with the barest hint of oak and a sweet fruit finish. The alcohol content is rather high.
My husband said, “you really feel the tanginess in the back of your throat.”

Compared to the other red wines Wollersheim Winery and Cedar Creek Winery offered, we enjoyed the imports from the winemaker’s family better than those bottled on-site. This Beaujolais was no exception.

The Wines at Christian’s Bistro: Whites Part 1 Elbling by Margarethenhof Weingut Weber

This wine is characterized by mellow tones of fruit and honey. It is light, crisp, and refreshing. The Elbling grape is actually the ancestor of the Riesling grape, and as a result, this wine has some of the same characteristics as Riesling. Its body is fuller than most Rieslings I’ve had, and the syrupy sweetness that overpowers some Rieslings I’ve tried.

I haven’t been able to find this wine anywhere but Christian’s Bistro. During my search, I learned that Christian’s likes to have exclusive access to its wines. I searched the wine by name online, and it is only found on a German-language site I could not translate. The varietal has also proven elusive. Few wine merchants, even highly knowledgeable merchants like those at McKnight & Carlson Wines & More, are familiar with it. Therefore, I am still searching for a bottle of this delightful wine.

02/20/10 Update: I've found this wine at Festival Foods of Oshkosh, next to the Rieslings in the German wines section. It costs around $10 a bottle.