The Basque Country’s (a.k.a. Pais Vasco) txakoli white wines are the perfect, local accompaniment to the world-class cuisine profiled in Ingrid Williams’ excellent New York Times article on Hondarribia, Spain. We have pulled our review of these directly from the AG Wine app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.
The dominant grape variety in País Vasco, the white hondarribi zuri is used to produce the famed txakoli (pronounced ‘choc-o-lee’) wines. This grape generally yields wines with very high acidity, grass, floral and apple flavors, with an underlying saline quality. Note that wines based on this variety have greater herbaceous notes in the Bizkaiko DO (given their blending with the folle blanche variety), as compared to those of the Getariako DO; the Arabako DO’s versions are fuller-bodied and rounder. As with all of these txakoli wines, there is also the potential for modest carbonation. It merits pointing out: prices generally tend toward the higher side on txakoli wines. Half the fun of ordering these wines is seeing how they are poured: from over shoulder height in a long stream down to the waiting glass…quite an experience!
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The Basque Country’s Great Txakoli Whites
The Basque Country’s (a.k.a. Pais Vasco) txakoli white wines are the perfect, local accompaniment to the world-class cuisine profiled in Ingrid Williams’ excellent New York Times article on Hondarribia, Spain. We have pulled our review of these directly from the AG Wine app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.
AG Wine for Spain’s wines is now available! AG Wine supports Spain’s wines, profiling all of the country’s winemaking regions, grape varieties, appellations, and vintages. Best of all: It’s a FREE upgrade for existing AG Wine App owners!
You’re going to need a bigger screen! AG Wine for iPad just became available. AG Wine for iPad offers all of AG Wine’s unique content, an entirely redesigned navigation optimized for the iPad, and full-screen images. Download it now! See a profile before you download.
We know you want support for more countries and we are hard at work. Argentina (included in AG Wine for iPhone; August release for iPad), the South of France (September release), California’s Napa & Sonoma (October release), and Australia are coming soon. As with our iPhone app, existing customers will receive all incremental country releases for FREE!