Rosemont Diamond Traminer Riesling

[tandkvd]

We had one of my favorite meals today. Pintos, stewed potatos, cooked cabage w/hot peppers, my homemade pickled banana peppers and of course cornbread.

I stopped by the grocery store on the way home from church and was trying to find a wine that would go with this meal.

This wine was perfect. the spicyness of the gewertstraminer and the sweetness of the reisling was great. I have never had this before but will get more at $6.79.

Traminer 63%, Reisling 37% & 11% abv.

[Thomas]

Tand--on the way home from church, buying wine. We can NOW do that in NY State too--wheeeeeee.

[Innkeeper]

Hate to break the news to you, but Traminer is a different grape than Gewurztraminer.

[tandkvd]

Well I was wandering what the traminer variatle is, so I looked on their web-site and they said that Traminer is also known as Gewustraminer. Check out the below web page

http://www.rosemountestate.com/pdf/diamond_blended/traminer_riesling.pdf

[Thomas]

I almost got into that one IK, but I remembered that there are some out there who call Traminer by the Gewurztraminer name when, in fact, there is a difference.

Traminer is a pale -skinned grape; Gewurztraminer is a pink-skinned one.

[Innkeeper]

Here is what Anthony Hawkins says about Traminer: "TRAMINER: Still grown in France, where it is better known as Savagnin Blanc, and in California but almost everywhere else has been largely replaced by its much more intense and aromatic offspring Gewürztraminer clonal variety. The subject name is still used in Australia as an alias name for Gewürztraminer and, confusingly, is also known there under the synonym name Savagnin Rose."

When we lived in Nancy, France in the early '60s, close by to Alsace; we could go to the shop across the street and find bottles of Traminer and Gewurztaminer side by side at about the same price. They were very different wines.

[tandkvd]

Thanks for the clarification.

Although it looks like the wine industry likes to keep it cloudy.

Any whoos, the wine and the meal complimented each other so much it would make your toung slap your brains out.

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[Thomas]

Traminer is named after a town in Alto Adige (named around 1400 years ago), it has been grown in Italy, Alsace, Austria, Germany and even Romania. The grape is called Princ in the Czech Republic.

In France, mainly the Jura, Traminer is known as Savignin. Make that Savagnin!



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[winoweenie]

A SW by enny other name is still a SW!ww

[Georgie]

I love that wine.

[tandkvd]

Went to World Market today and they had this wine for $5.99. I picked up three in a mixed case purchase. World Market dosen't give any case discounts but the wines that are on sale are great bargains.