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Article: Spring white sale: you can't beat the prices now on warm-weather wines. Add three easy dips, and start a party.(Buyers guide)
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- May 1, 2009
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LOOK NO FURTHER than the "Domestic Whites" section in your local wine shop for a small silver lining to the money mess we're in. Oodles of labels listed in the high teens on winery websites are tagged below $15 on shop shelves now.
These are the bottles that fulfill a wine's only duty on a warm afternoon: to be crisp and white. Bonus points for being herbal and minerally or, on the other end of the flavor spectrum, fruity and floral.
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The first bottle I reach for is almost always Sauvignon Blanc, because it goes well with more fresh spring foods than any other variety. Dry and citrusy, with great acidity, a good Sauv Blanc ...