A friend of mine got laid off last week. So, Friday night she came over for comfort food and a lot of wine. Chinese was the comfort food with my famous red-wine brownies for dessert. I tried something a little different for a Chinese food pairing, a Condrieu and it turned out to be a good match.

Of course, with anything chocolate a good Eiswein is a match. Reviews for both are below.


Wine: 2003 E.Guigal Condrieu



Review: A Viognier from Fance. This is a light wine, despite being partially oak-aged (2/3 steel-aged and 1/3 oak-aged). Very low acidity with a smooth taste with flavors of peaches and nuts. A lightweight wine that went well with the Chinese food (Orange Chicken and Shrimp and Cashews)

Price: $40

Grade: 85


Wine: 2004 Kafer Eiswein



Review: A low-cost Eiswein is always a good find, especially one as good as this. A sweet wine from the Rheinhessen region of Germany with a high amount of residual sugar. It was very flavorful with a fruity boquet that lingered on the palette.

A great value!

Price: $20

Grade: 90