In which case, there are white Rhone varieties such as viognier, marsanne, roussanne that might fit the bill. Ray Isle posts an interesting question on his Facebook page. Since Facebook as all the appeal of a leper with cooties these days thanks to their recent privacy decision, why not bring it up here as well? What do you think? MORE >>

We walked through them as he disparaged a parcel of merlot soon to be grafted over to viognier. Calek has vagabondism in his blood. He came to France as runaway from the Czech army in the late 80's. He wanted to stay but his mother reported him as a bum, and he had to go back east. Thanks mom. When he did return, he found wine. MORE >>

Something in between a Pinot Grigio and a Viognier that will pair well with seafood, fowl, oriental or just enjoying on it's own. I have been going over some notes I have taken about some of the wines I tried over the past month, figuring I may get time before Christmas to post my review. It has been a very busy month. MORE >>

My favorite wines with both scallop dishes were the 2007 Tandem Sangriacomo Vineyard Chardonnay and the 2009 Torbreck Roussanne/Marsanne/Viognier. and runners up the 2001 Torbreck RunRig Shiraz (3% Viognier) and the 2001 and 2006 Torbreck The Struie Shiraz. Greg La Follette of La Follette Wines. scallops. MORE >>

And yes, I did taste the off-beat Viognier-Chard combo, yet for the most part, producers stuck to the classics. Wow i had such a great educational experience at the Wines of Chile event today. Though Chilean reds are totally fab, I wanted to focus on whites today. And 'focus' is a key word at these tastings. MORE >>