Wines for the New Year Celebration

[cat lover]

DH and I will be spending New Year's Eve at home and I would like to get a good bottle of wine for the night. I'm always looking for a new good tasting wine, I hate to spend money on a bottle and then find it is terrible! Was wondering if anyone here has some suggestions for some wines they like. If you can tell me if it is a sweet or dry wine and any thing else that would help me decide what to get! :eek: Thanks!

[DeBora4BobbyL]

My personal favorite, which I haven't had in a long time, is Gewürztraminer. It is a German, sweet wine. It is pronounced Gaverstameener. Anyway, if you write the German name and take it to a good wine store, you should be able to get it at a reasonable price. I am not a fan of dry wines, so that is why I like this one.

[cat lover]

I will write that one down and check it out, thanks! My favorite one is also a German wine: Schmitt Sohne Riesling! Just looking to expand my tastes! LOL

[Chef Mark]

Gewurztraminer actually originated in Italy's Alto Adige region. Although planted in Germany, it is most associated with France's Alsace region.

It can be dry, semi-sweet or sweet depending on the style of the particular wine maker. Alsace Gewurztraminers are typically dry.

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I guess I started liking Gewurztraminer when it won a wine contest in the sweet division. I was told that it was German and it was sweet. I didn't know there were other varieties.

[cat lover]

Thanks for all the info!