Blind and in Bed; Eroica Wine Lives Up to its Name

I like to drink my wines blind. In other words, I don’ t often read into the tasting notes or even the labels before going in and judging a wine based on what it tells me. Chateau Ste. Michelle’s Eroica Riesling was to be no exception.

After a bit in the fridge, I reached up to retrieve a wine glass from the cupboard and dug in the silverware drawer for the corkscrew. It amazed me that after years in the food service industry, I actually had to spend time looking for a wine key, but it was true and the task took longer than I would have liked. Finally, I managed to expel the cork.

A Healthy Splash of the Chateau Ste. Michelle’s in my Wine Glass.

This is where I went black out blind. I knew I had brought home a white, but completely forgot that it was a Riesling and so, as I held the glass up to the light in my kitchen, I found the light clear color was surprising while pleasing at the same time.

As I realized that I was indeed clueless as to what I was about to drink, I checked out the bottle and reminded myself that this bottle of wine was Chateau Ste. Michelle’s Riesling. Eroica is the fruit of a winemaking collaboration between Chateau Ste. Michelle’s Bob Bertheau and famed Mosel winemaker Ernst Loosen. It was all coming back to me. (more…)