Ep 537: 10 Outstanding White Wines for Fall

Wine for Normal People

Alcohol, Lifestyle, Arts, Education, Food, Wine, Dining, Grapes

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🗓️ 24 September 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

According to all the data – both anecdotal and industry –white wines have staged a huge comeback and are on the way to becoming more popular than red wines. The good news is that there are so many underrated, undiscovered white wines that you can enjoy year-round. Many of us drink seasonally, and when the weather cools down, we shift right to reds. It’s hard to get into the idea that there are also whites for cooler weather.

In this show I give you a list of 10 white wines that are great for autumn. They are slightly more robust, are medium to full bodied, and are flavorful and totally satisfying.

At the excellent suggestion of the Patrons, I categorized the show by wines that are easy to find, wines for which you may have to go to specialty shop, and those you probably are going to need to order online.

Special thanks to Trish Riggs at Allegria Wine Room in Logan, Ohio – friend and Patron, for okaying the list!

Pairings and some producers are mentioned in the show.

I got through three categories for your shopping convenience!

Easy to find: Among the list is Chardonnay (new and improved!), Portuguese white, and Gewürztraminer
Harder to find: I include white Rioja, Austrian Riesling, and more
Really hard to find (you probably need to order online): Condrieu and aged Hunter Valley Semillon from Australia make the list.

There are so many more but I mention…Soave, Amontillado Sherry, Sauternes and more

Happy Autumn! Enjoy these whites and I hope you find new favorites!

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wine for Normal People, the Podcasts for People who like Wine for Normal People,
0:09.8	the podcast for people who like wine, but not the snobbery that goes with it.
0:13.2	I'm your host Elizabeth Schneider author of the Wine for Normal People Book and
0:19.2	certified wine dork. This show is brought to you by my awesome sponsor Wine Access.
0:26.3	Please support them. They support the show. They help keep these new episodes free.
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0:37.1	wines delivered to you four times a year, 150 bucks for six bottles.
0:41.8	Let me pick out some wines for you. Check it out today
0:44.3	wine access.com slash normal listen in the middle of the show for more details.
0:50.6	Finally after a very strange hot summer, at least where I am, the weather seems to be turning.
0:59.9	I'm very excited, if you've listened to the show a long time you know I am a huge
1:04.0	Halloween fan so already the decor is going out I will post my latest my big
1:11.1	Halloween decorations I'll post it on Instagram and
1:14.2	patron so everybody can see my craziness. I really love Halloween. It's my
1:18.6	favorite holiday and the other thing that I love about fall is that it's time to change over our wines.
1:25.6	So in this episode I've decided to concentrate on white wines.
1:31.0	Now I've done this before, I think I did a Winter Whites episode a while back, but I do feel like there is a movement of foot that people are looking for white wines again. I think it's very exciting. Whites have really fallen by
1:45.3	the wayside in the world of Robert Parker and really big red wines. People for
1:51.3	the last couple of decades even have loved loved loved red wines.
1:55.0	Now it doesn't mean that red wines aren't awesome and it doesn't mean that we're
1:59.4	going to stop drinking them. But sometimes when you're thinking about white wines it's easy to get stuck in those refreshing
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