For the last several weeks wine has been slowly but surely been amassing in my dining room. It’s a good thing we haven’t been thinking about throwing a dinner party right now because there would be no room for anyone to eat.
Why all the wine? Well my #1 priority these last few weeks has been to assemble my Top 50 French wine picks. It’s a hard job, but someone has to do it. Actually, I’ll be honest – tasting is a hard job (but no, I don’t expect any pity). It is very different from drinking wine and doing it properly involves focus, stamina and a really good spitting technique. (By the way, if you want to work on that last one, I highly recommend practicing in the shower – no wine stains to worry about then.)
These last few weeks I have suffered through my purple teeth (my dentist is soooo not going to be happy to see me next week) to create what I think may just be the best Wines of France list we’ve ever had. This list has breadth and depth and covers just about every appellation you can think of. There are sparkling wines, still wines, rosé wines, sweet wines, dry wines, tannic wines and low alcohol wines – a little bit of something for everyone. And in terms of quality, I would have to say again that I think this is the best list yet. All of my wine recs are under $20, making them wines for almost any occasion and budget.
Take a look through the list and see what you think. Let me know if you spot any wines that you are a particular fan of. We have a few wines on the list that are perennial favorites and then quite a lot of new, exciting wines. But realize that this list is just a starting point. If you don’t see your favorite wine on there, drop me a note and let me know. If we get enough comments perhaps we could even think about creating a Readers’ Top 50 wines!
So head on over to my Top 50 pics to find something to try. Just click on “Sheri’s top picks “to see it! And then post below to let me know what you think!
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