How to choose white wine

Full-bodied red wines are the perfect companion for cold winter days, while a chilled glass of white wine is the perfect summertime accompaniment. Today we’re going to talk about how to choose white wine in the summer.

There are many summer favorites that are difficult to pair with wine, such as spicy crawfish, salads, and barbecues. This is where we need a slightly sweet white wine that has enough acidity to support the sweetness. Gewürztraminer wines, for example, are a good choice, with spice and citrus fruit flavors that are a powerful counterbalance to spicy flavors. Moscato wines are floral and fruity, and are perfect for salads and fruit sauces. Riesling is an atmospheric wine with pleasant acidity and intense flavor, making it a perfect match for barbecued pork.

Most white wines are dry rather than semi-dry, and they come in two main styles. One is those extremely dry whites, full of herbal and mineral notes. Veteran drinkers like to drink these wines on their own or with shellfish to make them echo the minerality in the wine. The other style of white wine is more appealing, being fruity and full of berry and tropical fruit flavors that are easier to pair with foods such as fish, chicken and picnic salads. Popular grape varieties include Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio, Semillon, and Viognier.

The same grape varieties in the hands of different winemakers can produce very different styles of white wines. Chardonnay, for example, can be dry and fruity and fresh, or toasty and buttery. Riesling is often thought of as sweet, but it also comes in very dry versions full of minerality. Sauvignon Blanc is usually crisp and minerally, but can also be made as a full-bodied, fruity type. Learning about different wine styles can take a lot of time, so make friends with someone who knows about wine and will help you choose the right one. Or you can always visit wineworld.com to learn about the characteristics of different wines.

White wines need to be drunk chilled to taste good. Here’s a trick to teach you how to chill wine quickly when you’re in a hurry. Start with a container of ice and water, then sprinkle a handful of salt on it. The salt will interfere with the crystallization process of the ice, causing the water temperature to quickly drop below freezing. Put the wine in at this point and you can go do something else. It only takes a few minutes for the wine to reach its optimal drinkable temperature. This method is twice as fast as putting the wine in the refrigerator to chill it.

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