I met up with my friend Brandon after work today for some vino at the Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant. Tried some various wines, and I thought I’d pass along some recs from some of the ones tonight as well as some I’ve had recently.
Unfortunately the FPWM’s wine list on the site seems a bit outdated, so I can’t link to their descriptions.
Anyway I liked an Argentinian wine called El Porvenir de Los Andes Laborum Tannat. I thought it was pretty balanced but had a uniqueness to it on both the nose and palate. I’m going to go back and buy a bottle to try with dinner some time soon.
Brandon had a really nice petite sirah from Switchback (pretty sure it’s - Switchback Ridge Petite Sirah Peterson Family Vineyard)… I have a feeling that a bottle may be out of my price range based on a quick search on CellarTracker but I’d *definitely* like to get a bottle of it and decant it with a really nice meal. It was big and complex and had a lot of stuff going on.
Other recommendations-
A NZ Sauvignon Blanc called Southern Lights (K&L has it). You might as well get a few bottles while this Indian Summer lasts… (very very affordable)
An affordable Aussie pinot noir called “Permutations” from R Wines (also at K&L). I really liked this a lot. It’s hard to read the label on the shelf (blurry phone pic over there). I was looking for it and walked right by it multiple times until Gretchen pointed it out. So either talk to the wine merchant or hang out with Gretchen. I prefer the latter… ;-)
Also- tomorrow the FPWM is hosting an event with Mollydooker Wines. I can’t make it, but if you’re in the area, you should go. Mollydooker wines are good and they’re also responsible for creating the “Mollydooker shake”!
Check it out (it works on a lot of different wines too, even those not bottled in nitrogen sometimes):
