Wine Blogging Wednesday just got a whole lot better!
I was very happy to learn today that the Wine Blogging Wednesday effort has its own Web site now. That’s great news as it consolidates all of the posts and topics into one blog. Very nice work!
I was also happy to see that WBW #36 has been announced, and the topic is a good one: unoaked (”naked”) Chardonnay. So-called naked Chardonnay is becoming quite popular lately, as people seem to be refining the “anything but Chardonnay” approach into “anything but oaked Chardonnay.” Personally, I like oaky Chardonnay, but it does get tiring after a while.
This means, of course, I need to go find a suitable Chardonnay. I’ve got some Domaine Drouhin, some Radio-Coteau, and some DuMOL at home, and all of them spent some time in contact with oak. Darn it! I’ve been looking for a reason to try one of these wines, but I guess I’ll need to keep waiting. Fair enough.
Luckily, WBW #36 has no constraints on the national origin or price of the Chardonnay. So if I want to seek out something unAmerican, I can do that. An unoaked Oregon Chardonnay would also be fun, but I want to find something a little strange this time. Not as strange, perhaps, as a Prieto Picudo wine, but something different would be a delight. Stay tuned for my choice!