Tonight, Jean, Andrew and I went out for a belated Valentine's Day
dinner to one of the better child-friendly restaurants in the area. I
had decided on their special of seared, sesame-encrusted yellowfin tuna
and Jean was leaning toward a ribeye steak, so we decided to try a 2002
Domaine Serene Evenstad Pinot Noir as a compromise, but alas they were
sold out of it. As a backup, Jean switched her order to scampi and we
went with a bottle of:

2005 Pierre Sparr Gewurztraminer
nose: classic lychee, a bit simple
palate: dry, medium body, decent acidity, modest fruit, short finish

A nice if unremarkable bottle of wine which went tolerably well with
Jean's shrimp and very well with my tuna, which had been marinated in
soy sauce before cooking. Sparr's wines were a fixture during grad
school, but we don't see them much any more. After years of Trimbach,
Sparr seems a bit simple, but still decent.

Mark Lipton
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In article , Mark Lipton
wrote:

Tonight, Jean, Andrew and I went out for a belated Valentine's Day
dinner to one of the better child-friendly restaurants in the area. I
had decided on their special of seared, sesame-encrusted yellowfin tuna
and Jean was leaning toward a ribeye steak, so we decided to try a 2002
Domaine Serene Evenstad Pinot Noir as a compromise, but alas they were
sold out of it. As a backup, Jean switched her order to scampi and we
went with a bottle of:

2005 Pierre Sparr Gewurztraminer
nose: classic lychee, a bit simple
palate: dry, medium body, decent acidity, modest fruit, short finish

A nice if unremarkable bottle of wine which went tolerably well with
Jean's shrimp and very well with my tuna, which had been marinated in
soy sauce before cooking. Sparr's wines were a fixture during grad
school, but we don't see them much any more. After years of Trimbach,
Sparr seems a bit simple, but still decent.

Mark Lipton

My preference is still Trimbach wines as they tend to be more
interesting to me especially the reserve wines.

On Feb 16, 12:25�am, Mark Lipton wrote:
Tonight, Jean, Andrew and I went out for a belated Valentine's Day
dinner to one of the better child-friendly restaurants in the area. I
had decided on their special of seared, sesame-encrusted yellowfin tuna
and Jean was leaning toward a ribeye steak, so we decided to try a 2002
Domaine Serene Evenstad Pinot Noir as a compromise, but alas they were
sold out of it. �As a backup, Jean switched her order to scampi and we
went with a bottle of:

2005 Pierre Sparr Gewurztraminer
nose: classic lychee, a bit simple
palate: dry, medium body, decent acidity, modest fruit, short finish

A nice if unremarkable bottle of wine which went tolerably well with
Jean's shrimp and very well with my tuna, which had been marinated in
soy sauce before cooking. �Sparr's wines were a fixture during grad
school, but we don't see them much any more. �After years of Trimbach,
Sparr seems a bit simple, but still decent.

Mark Lipton
--
alt.food.wine FAQ: �http://winefaq.hostexcellence.com

Simple and decent (but no more) has been my experience with Sparr, at
all levels from the "one" to the single vineyard wines. I've never had
a Sparr late harvest to memory, but think Bill Spohn spoke highly of
them