Taste Along w/ Adam the Wine Guy # 22 - Indaba

Steen, Steen, Steen...hmmm, what the heck is a Steen, sounds like a guys last name who i went to high school or camp with when i was a kid or something..but really, its another name for Chenin Blanc..that wonderfully ripe and refreshing wine that you usually see from the Loire, but in S. Africa they are making wines that are really world class, i think they are doing their best jobs on Pinotage, and the Steen..its not soo well known, but, they have been making wine in S.Africa for centuries..this country is located about what was once 1/2 around the world before the Panama Canal, so all the sailors had to pass around the tip to S.Africa to continue the journey..it was here the Dutch settled, and while there they planted some of the first grapes in the southern hemisphere..so, the tradition is rich, figure they have a few hundred years of practice..

way south of the border with the Indaba, Steen, 2006

Taste Along w/ Adam the Wine Guy #16 - Chanier, rose

some wines are so delicious they remind me of candy for adults..this one is succulent, takes me back to times of jolly ranchers, bubble gum, and cotton candy..but its not overly sweet like your mama's white zin..and definately has a great drinking velocity..this one comes from the Loire, sorta located in the north central part of France..its the region with the highest concentration of chateau's and castles in the country..and really a relatively short tgv ride from paris..considered to be the valley of the kings the loire is like the bel air of france..but way more bel air, than bel air will ever be..

Loirelicious the 2006, Pierre Chanier, 2006, Rose d'Anjou