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| 4th of July Hula O'Maui.- Ocean City MD |
We are going to expand on a great article by Jeff Harding at
StarChefs.com on the
The United Grapes of America and attempt to taste a wine from each state once per week. And why not on this 4th of July feature a wine from our most recent state - the
Tedeschi Vineyards Hula O'Maui. This is a sparkling wine made in the Methode Champenoise style from 100% Maui pineapples. The wines are available in the East Coast courtesy of
Vino50 Selections and I purchased at
Wholefoods for $23.99.
Although Tedeschi Vineyards\Maui's Winery grow and produce grape wines,
we would expect a
Hawaiian winery to utilize fruit indigenous to the
islands. So we weren't surprised that they offered a pineapple wine -
the surprise was the sparkler. And as expected, this wine is all
pineapple - the tasting notes mention other fruit characteristics - but
let me tell you, this is pineapple - from nose to tail. Many readers
might be thinking that the wine must be sweet; and yes there is inherit
fruitiness that may be misinterpreted as sweetness.. But the wine is
fermented brut - completely dry. And talk about refreshing - who needs Chardonnay (at least when dreaming of the Tropics); in the words of
Andrew Stover, "a fun wine". Happy 4th of July.
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| StarChefs.com: The United Grapes of America |
Update: Evidently my family has a more sophisticated palette than me because many in our group picked up citrus flavors as well as some clove.
