Are you adventurous?

While I do have a few “old favorites”, when I’m in a restaurant
and I see a dish I’ve never tried, I’ll order it. I’ll
go to a gallery or museum to see the works of an artist I may have read
about or heard of, but whose work I haven’t seen before. To me, discovery
is one of the true thrills of life, one of the things that really makes
me feel alive.

I’m like that with wine, too. There are some wines that I return
to or buy year after year, true, but I love to find wines that I’m
not familiar with. Maybe it’s a wine made from a grape I don’t
know, or from an area whose wines I haven’t tried before, or made
by a winemaker who is doing something different.

It might be a wine that has been made from the same vineyard since the
time of the Romans, or from a vineyard in an area that was never known
for wine before.

The best (and often the most interesting) of these I bring to you every
month as my Discovery Wines. Here, from the dozens I’ve tasted, are
the two I’ve chosen for this month. I think you’ll like them,
and, like me, will want to share your discoveries with your friends!

Darrin’s March Discovery Wines!

Nyakas, Budai Sauvignon Blanc
This is one delicious, refreshing white wine! If your ideas about Hungarian
wine were formed, like mine, back in college, drinking “Bull’s
Blood” red, have I found a Discovery Wine for you! Since democracy
came to Hungary, wine makers have been free to make wines the way they
see fit, and this is an outstanding example of what’s going on. Made
in a crisp, clean, almost New World style, the bouquet has aromas of ripe
gooseberries. The flavors are bright, lively and crisp with a hint of
citrus.