SANTA
ROSA, Calif., April 2,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Wine columnist Dan Berger's passion for dry Riesling led him to
tell California wineries that if
they wouldn't make a truly dry Riesling, he would. Dan's first
Riesling is now ready to be released and eviscerated by wine
critics.
The first wine from a new project informally called "Enological
Suicide eGG," is the 2022 Bahl Fratty Riesling from the
sensational Cole Ranch, just east of
Boonville in Mendocino County. Sales of this limited
release (95 cases), completely dry Riesling, formally start
appropriately on April Fool's Day, 2024 for $38 per bottle. All orders qualify for
$10 flat rate shipping during
April.
Berger has a degree in journalism, so he is transparent:
statistical data for the wine are printed directly on the wine
label. Berger says that "too many wineries claim that their
Rieslings are dry, but almost everyone compromises their wine with
some residual sugar because they believe that all Americans like it
that way." Berger doesn't like it that way and he suspects others
don't either. "I like my dry wines to work as beautifully with food
as do Chablis, Silvaner, and Muscadet," he adds.
Berger remarked that although this wine isn't exactly a
non-surgical tonsillectomy, "I kind of think of it that way."
He says the wine doesn't require much chilling or aging, and
that "cool is better than cold, and an extra 10 years in the cellar
won't hurt it." Bahl Fatty winemaker Greg
LaFollette was initially skeptical when he agreed to
undertake the winemaking task, but now admits that the project has
a future, albeit one that is limited to those that Berger calls,
"Riesling nerds, German winemakers, and dill pickle
evaluators."
Bahl Fratty is Boontling, the lingo of nearby Anderson Valley, for "great wine."
Orders may be placed at https://bahlfratty.com.
Contact:
Dan Berger
(707) 479-9463
375520@email4pr.com
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