Here's a fun one. Fried chicken and Gruner Vetliner

Rich R · 2004-06-15T23:40:20+00:00

Enjoying warm weather here on the east coast, and we decided to fry up somechicken southern (US) style. Got me thinking. We had a party and one of themost fun food/wine pairings was shrimp cocktail with Gruner Vetliner. So thetexture of shrimp cocktail (minus the hot stuff) is a lot like southernfried chicken. So here is what we did:Fried chickenMashed garlic potatoesFresh from the farm green beans.The wine, a 2000 Freie Weingartner Wachau. Why in my basement I do not know.But, apricot and guava. Thick for a medium bodied wine, and very sensuous.No oak. Perfect with the southern US fare. Give it a go.Rich R.--The journey is the reward.

Jun 15, 2004 21 Replies

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Ken Blake 22 years ago

No, no, not in "vein." In *Wien*. ;-)

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winemonger 22 years ago

The child from Vienna who told me this tale tells me also that it is something of an urban myth which he heard from his parents and all his friends knew and so forth. I still think it's a charming story. e.

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