A Twitter wine tasting last evening comprised of eight wines that we received samples. The wines were from the Alto Adige area of Northern Italy. For two hours, people from across the United Sates tweeted about the wines on a constant stream of tweets. Wine author Karen MacNeil chimed in with her comments and replies to others’ comments. As usual for Twitter, I refrained from my customary wine descriptions to writing haikus for each wine. I chose this poetic style in part because of a challenge from Eric Asimov, New York Times wine critic. Eric suggested that wine writes become more creative in their wine descriptions. A haiku made sense especially when applied to tweets where the characters are limited. With only 17 syllables, one can write a haiku and still have characters left over for retweets. If you are interested in following the Twitter discussion of Alto Adige wines, follow #SipWithKaren on Twitter.

Alto Adige Wine Haikus

2014 Castel Sallegg Pulvernai Pinot Grigio haiku
White floral bouquet
White peaches and nectarines
Awakens dinner

2013 Porer Pinot Grigio haiku:
Grapefruit, apricot
Bright acidity wants food
Pinot Grigio

2012 Vorberg Pinot Bianco haiku
Apples, mineral
Bright lively acidity
Daily Pinot wine

2013 Prail Sauvignon haiku
Fruity Sauvignon
Tropical fruits, lemony
Crisp for rocking chair

2014 Cantina Andriano Gewürztraminer haiku
Gewürztraminer
Floral and baking spices
Almond, citrus hints

2014 Pfarrhof Kalterersee Auslese haiku
Raspberry salad
Lighter, milder red wine
Crisp, pair with cheeses

2013 Neue Mezzan Pinot Nero haiku
Blauburgunder red
Raspberry Pinot Nero
Crispy and fruity

2010 Abbazia di Novacella Praepositus Lagrein haiku
Dark ruby opaque
Cherries, violets Lagrein
Spices and tannins

These wines from the Alto Adige region of Italy are crisp and pair well with many foods.

Cheers,
Terry