So obviously some stuff happened recently that set me on a rather blah path. While it's never fun to feel terrible about things that are happening in your life, it also helps to know that you can get through them relatively unscathed, mostly thanks to the fact that you're fairly used to shit like that happening, but also because of awesome people in your life. My best friend/roommate was a rock during that time
(because he is awesome and the best guy ever) and the night after things really went to hell he got me dinner from one of my favorite restaurants in town (Thai Dee) to try and cheer me up.
Since he was providing dinner that night, I
figured the least I could do was treat us to a bottle of wine I’d been eyeing
for a while: Weegmüller Von Gelben Fels Riesling Trocken 2012. I’d been off the
day the distributor came by to taste us on it, but my coworker told me it was delicious and his favorite out of all the wines they'd brought. Since he’d taken my advice on several
wine suggestions in the past I decided to trust his suggestion and was very glad I did. It was hands down one of the best
Rieslings both Kye and I had drunk in a while (and it paired perfectly with our spicy Thai food).
This winery has been in family hands for 11 generations, producing wine since 1685. It is also one of the few German wineries owned and run exclusively by women. According to the blurb on the importer’s webtsite Stefanie Weegmüller was the first female winemaker in Germany and that’s pretty damn cool. It's from Pfalz in Germany
and reminded me of why I usually love the wines that come from that region. Dry
and light-bodied with crisp minerality and just a bit of petrol. The fruit notes of white peach, golden pear and red apple on the palate
balanced beautifully with the acidity. I know my tasting notes don’t do this
wine the justice that it deserves, but trust me when I say this was one of the
best white wines I’ve had in quite some time.*
*https://traubenhaus.com/producers/weegmueller
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