(Viñedo de los Vientos Estival, Uruguay) Viñedo de los Vientos, or “Wines of the Wind,” was founded by the iconoclastic Pablo Fallabrino in 1998, using a vineyard that had been in his Italian immigrant family since the 1920s. Rather than making wines that are fashionable, Fallabrino chooses to make wines that pique his imagination and creative senses. One example of his work is the unique Estival, made of 60% Gewürztraminer, 30% Chardonnay, and 10% Moscato Bianco. This wine is fairly full-bodied, offering tons of exotic peach, ripe apricot, and pineapple aromas and notes of honeysuckle. With its crisp acidity, it’s delicious on its own or with seafood dishes and salads—a perfect picnic wine, showing the potential of this relatively unknown wine country. Hot Picks
By Fred Dexheimer, MS
(Viñedo de los Vientos Estival, Uruguay) Viñedo de los Vientos, or “Wines of the Wind,” was founded by the iconoclastic Pablo Fallabrino in 1998, using a vineyard that had been in his Italian immigrant family since the 1920s. Rather than making wines that are fashionable, Fallabrino chooses to make wines that pique his imagination and creative senses. One example of his work is the unique Estival, made of 60% Gewürztraminer, 30% Chardonnay, and 10% Moscato Bianco. This wine is fairly full-bodied, offering tons of exotic peach, ripe apricot, and pineapple aromas and notes of honeysuckle. With its crisp acidity, it’s delicious on its own or with seafood dishes and salads—a perfect picnic wine, showing the potential of this relatively unknown wine country. Hot PicksMarch 2009, (See more on Sommelier Journal...)