Tuesday Betsy made a puttanesca sauce, never a wine flatterer imho.
Usually we do a simpler red, but felt more like white. Opened the 2006
Pra Soave Classico. Pretty dreadful with the food, but I gave it a
fairer try later solo and then with a snack of cheese. Rich sweet pear
fruit with a little citrus and a hint of floral aromas. Good fruit,
but one dimensional. Skipped wine Wed (went to see "Falstaff"), but a
revisit Th showed a wine that was holding on well, but still was
merely a fruit driven white. OK, but too sweet a profile (though sure
it's technically dry), and I'd prefer the Inama at the same price or
the Anselmi San Vincenzo for a bit less. I think it would appeal to a
lot of people, though. B-

Thursday I grilled some mushroom/Asiago chicken sausages, served with
some stirfried Napa cabbage and the 2006 Clos Roche Blanche "Pif"
Touraine. Surprisingly dark and assertive fruit, more blackberry, I
might guess this a Syrah. Good acids balance the ripeness of the
fruit, there's a little tobaccoleaf note that betrays it's Loireness.
A very attractive Loire red blend, though not quite what I expected. B
+/B

Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent
wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't
drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no
promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.