A Fresh Look at Chardonnay
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Chardonnay tends to spark all kinds of lively conversation among wine lovers, including debates about the optimum ripeness point for harvesting grapes, preferred winemaking styles, and the best foods with which to pair this wine. Winemakers and other wine industry professionals in this feature lend their insight into this most adaptable and ubiquitous varietal.*
- Darryn O’Shea and Travis Scarborough celebrate this most familiar yet often misunderstood white grape varietal from their Washington state perspective.
- Preferring more of a Chablis approach to Chardonnay, Wes Hagen offers his perspective of Chardonnay as a wine judge who has tasted thousands of wines.
- Chuck Ortman thinks people should keep an open mind and keep tasting Chardonnay to discover fresh directions that winemakers take with this varietal.
- David Masi surveys the landscape of Chardonnay and considers its many iterations over the past few decades.
– photo by Bret Lyman
