In an hour or so I am about to go to my mother-inlaw's house for pork roast
and potato and zucchini casserole. I am bringing a groovie (sp?). Just
sounds right. More detailed notes will come after I confirm or disavow my
inkling.

Rich R.

--
The journey is the reward.

I will tell you already, it sounds good to me. -- Max

"Rich R" wrote in message
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In an hour or so I am about to go to my mother-inlaw's house for pork
roast
and potato and zucchini casserole. I am bringing a groovie (sp?). Just
sounds right. More detailed notes will come after I confirm or disavow my
inkling.

Rich R.

--
The journey is the reward.

Well, I failed. The 2003 Huber Gruner Veltliner did not go very well with
the roast pork. Just kind of dead on arrival. Neither the wine nor the food
rose to the occasion. The wine by itself, apricot and pine nuts, was
consumed with much enjoyment by the girly-girl chard drinkers. And I loved
it in a very hedonistic way. Lucky for me I brought an extra bottle. A
person just back from China brought some wassabe(sp?) peas. With this, the
wine was excellent. I certainly enjoyed the wine and the buzz, but next time
I will drink it with some fried clams. You win a few, you lose a few. I gave
it a go.

Personally, I think Grüner Veltliner is a great pork roast match, but it sounds
like this one didn't have enough body. I find the better match for pork (or
veal) is a Smaragd level GV, the lighter ones serve best as an apertif or as a
foil for a hard-to-match Asian dish.
Dale

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amnspam (Dale Williams) wrote:

Personally, I think Grüner Veltliner is a great pork roast
match, but it sounds like this one didn't have enough body. I
find the better match for pork (or veal) is a Smaragd level GV,
the lighter ones serve best as an apertif or as a foil for a
hard-to-match Asian dish.

Absolutely true. Maybe the OP could specify which GV from Huber
(not a producer in the first rank anyhow) or at least the alcohol
level. As GVs use the whole bandwidth from 10.5 to 15 percent, one
can easily imagine the difference between a 10.5% steinfeder and a
14.0% smaragd.

M.