The Wine Voyage

Table of Contents - What Is Godello, Exactly? - What Does Godello Taste Like? - Godello vs. Albariño vs. Chardonnay - How to Taste Godello with Intent - Food Pairings for Godello - Common Questions About Godello - Running a Godello Tasting for a Group - Bringing a Godello Tasting to Your Team - Further Reading I keep a bottle of godello on hand for exactly one purpose: watching people who think they've tried every interesting white wine realize they haven't. This is Galicia's other great white grape — the one that lives in Albariño's shadow despite arguably making more serious, age-worthy wine — and every time I pour it blind against a Chardonnay or a Viognier, the reaction is the same mix of confusion and delight. Godello deserves a much bigger reputation than it has, and I think that's finally starting to change. This guide covers what godello actually is, where it comes from, how it tastes, how it compares to Albariño and Chardonnay, and how to build it into a ta...

Table of Contents - What Is Godello, Exactly? - What Does Godello Taste Like? - Godello vs. Albariño vs. Chardonnay - How to Taste Godello with Intent - Food Pairings for Godello - Common Questions About Godello - Running a Godello Tasting for a Group - Bringing a Godello Tasting to Your Team - Further Reading I keep a bottle of godello on hand for exactly one purpose: watching people who think they've tried every interesting white wine realize they haven't. This is Galicia's other great white grape — the one that lives in Albariño's shadow despite arguably making more serious, age-worthy wine — and every time I pour it blind against a Chardonnay or a Viognier, the reaction is the same mix of confusion and delight. Godello deserves a much bigger reputation than it has, and I think that's finally starting to change. This guide covers what godello actually is, where it comes from, how it tastes, how it compares to Albariño and Chardonnay, and how to build it into a ta...

Table of Contents - What Is Zweigelt? - Where Zweigelt Comes From - Zweigelt vs. Blaufränkisch vs. Pinot Noir - Food Pairings - Building a Group Tasting Around Zweigelt - Common Questions - Bringing a Zweigelt Tasting to Your Team - Further Reading I've written about Blaufränkisch before, and every time I do, someone in the room asks the obvious follow-up: what about the grape it's related to, the one that's actually more planted across Austria? That's Zweigelt, and it's a strange gap for a wine this common — Austria's single most-planted red variety, grown in nearly every wine region in the country, and it's never had its own page here despite showing up in the Blaufränkisch comparison table for months. This guide covers what Zweigelt actually is, the deliberate 1922 breeding program that created it, how it tastes next to its more famous parent, and how to build it into a real group tasting instead of just a footnote in someone else's article. What Is Z...

Table of Contents - What Is Zweigelt? - Where Zweigelt Comes From - Zweigelt vs. Blaufränkisch vs. Pinot Noir - Food Pairings - Building a Group Tasting Around Zweigelt - Common Questions - Bringing a Zweigelt Tasting to Your Team - Further Reading I've written about Blaufränkisch before, and every time I do, someone in the room asks the obvious follow-up: what about the grape it's related to, the one that's actually more planted across Austria? That's Zweigelt, and it's a strange gap for a wine this common — Austria's single most-planted red variety, grown in nearly every wine region in the country, and it's never had its own page here despite showing up in the Blaufränkisch comparison table for months. This guide covers what Zweigelt actually is, the deliberate 1922 breeding program that created it, how it tastes next to its more famous parent, and how to build it into a real group tasting instead of just a footnote in someone else's article. What Is Z...

Table of Contents - What Is Teroldego? - Where Teroldego Comes From - Teroldego vs. Lagrein vs. Syrah - Food Pairings - Building a Group Tasting Around Teroldego - What to Look For When Buying Teroldego - Common Questions - Bringing a Teroldego Tasting to Your Team - Further Reading I've written up a lot of Italy's lesser-known reds by now — Refosco, Nerello Mascalese, Carignan's Italian cousins — but Teroldego might be the one that surprises people the most once they actually taste it. It's nicknamed "the black prince of Trentino" for its near-opaque, inky-dark color, and it makes a wine that's genuinely full-bodied and structured in a way that catches people off guard from a region better known for crisp Alpine whites. Teroldego comes from Trentino, tucked into the mountains of northeastern Italy, and it's proof that a single valley can produce something entirely unlike its neighbors. If your mental map of Italian red wine starts and ends with Tuscan...

Table of Contents - What Is Teroldego? - Where Teroldego Comes From - Teroldego vs. Lagrein vs. Syrah - Food Pairings - Building a Group Tasting Around Teroldego - What to Look For When Buying Teroldego - Common Questions - Bringing a Teroldego Tasting to Your Team - Further Reading I've written up a lot of Italy's lesser-known reds by now — Refosco, Nerello Mascalese, Carignan's Italian cousins — but Teroldego might be the one that surprises people the most once they actually taste it. It's nicknamed "the black prince of Trentino" for its near-opaque, inky-dark color, and it makes a wine that's genuinely full-bodied and structured in a way that catches people off guard from a region better known for crisp Alpine whites. Teroldego comes from Trentino, tucked into the mountains of northeastern Italy, and it's proof that a single valley can produce something entirely unlike its neighbors. If your mental map of Italian red wine starts and ends with Tuscan...