Ham Dinner

[loveagain]

I am looking for a good wine to have with a ham dinner this Easter. I would also like a good sweet wine for guests who like a sweet wine. If anyone could help me, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.

[Thomas]

You are in Chicago, go to Sam's Wine and Liquor and ask for Riesling. You can get a dry version and a sweet version of the same grape variety, and it should serve both your needs.

[hotwine]

That's sound advice. I would only add a suggestion that the Rieslings should be from the Mosel-Sahr-Ruwer region of Germany, and should be served well-chilled. Mosels are delightful with ham, and are available in both dry and sweet styles. Ask your wine merchant for specific selections from his inventory; expect a dry Mosel to cost as little as $6-8 per bottle, but a sweet style to be at least double that. (The sweet ones don't pair nearly as well with ham as do the dry wines, in my opinion.) But decline all offers of Liebfraumilch, even if they're giving it away!

[Thomas]

Certainly, Mosels, but if you happen to find Rieslings from New York's Finger Lakes region, get them; they compete with German Rieslings like no other in the world.

For Mosel style NY Riesling seek Vinifera Wine Cellars, Glenora, Hermann Wiemer or Heron Hill.