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
+/BGrade 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.