Wine Tips - Galen Glen Gewertztraminer and Bogle Phantom

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Dean and Lisa Foster, Wine Educators and Consultants
 

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 Galen Glen Winery Gewurtztraminer 2009

This crisp, refreshing gewurtztraminer has aromas of honeysuckle and spice with delicious flavors of fresh fruits.  It is pale yellow in color and has a long and pleasant finish.  Grown in the shale soil of Galen Glen's vineyards, this wine displays a slight pleasant minerality with good balanced acidity.  There is a hint of sweet roses in the aroma.  Great when paired with spicy foods.

Located in the beautiful rolling hills near Andreas, PA, Galen Glen Winery has consistently created some excellent German style wines.  From Gruner Veltliner, a dry white wine, to their Stone Cellar Zweigelt, a dry red, there is something for everyone with the chance of trying something very different and new.  

We will be serving this excellent wine at an upcoming event in Pottstown.  It will be paired with chicken satay with peanut sauce.

A beautiful fall day at the vineyards of Galen Glen

Bogle Vineyard Phantom 2007 

This excellent dark ruby red dry wine is a blend of 53% petite sirah, 44% old vine zinfandel and 3% old vine mourvedre.  It has rich aromas of black pepper, dark red berries and spices like nutmeg and cinnamon with aromas of blackberries and blueberries.  It was aged in 1, 2 and 3 year old American oak barrels.  Alcohol content is 14% by volume. 
Located along the Sacarmento River in Clarksburg, California, Bogle Vineyards is owned and operated by members of the Bogle family who established the vineyards in 1968. 

Richly complex, it will only get better with age, but wonderful to drink now.  Great when paired with hearty foods like beef and lamb. 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS
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Annual soup day at Manatawny Creek Winery
Saturday, November 6th.  

Apple onion soup made and paired with Vidal Blanc, on the deck from 12-5.  

Bob Sica, a wonderful guitarist and singer, will be performing 2-5 that day. 

 

Nouveau Weekend
 November 20-21 on the Lehigh Valley Wine Trail. 

Visit Lehigh Valley wineries including Pinnacle Ridge, recently listed in Opus One, a compendium of the BEST 4,000 wineries in the world!  Brad Knapp and Pinnacle Ridge were listed as a RISING STAR, and outstanding honor!  Congratulations Brad!!

Pottstown Hometown Holiday Celebration
Wine Tasting, Saturday, December 10.  Time and cost TBD.

Fun Fact

Though Gewurtztraminer is a white wine the grapes themselves are pale rosy pink in color.

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