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Eating and Drinking with Solo Vino's Chuck Kanski: Spring Wines

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April 09, 2014

Spring Wine
We sampled a couple of light Spring wines.
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Owner of full service wine shop, Solo Vino, and wine expert for Minnesota Monthly's New Vintage, Chuck Kanski joins the Current's Morning Show to talk about wine trends in Minnesota and around the world.

Today, Chuck spoke to The Morning Show's Steve Seel and Jill Riley about Spring wine. Chuck tells us that Spring wine is ALL about the "mouthfeel". When a wine geek says, "Light body, medium body, or full body" the intent is for the drinker to think of the difference between skim milk, whole milk, or heavy cream. Springtime wine is about lighter body styled wines!!

The varietal breakdown for the three wines we tried:

Blanc - Vermentino, Grenache blanc, and Roussanne
Rose - Mourvedre, Grenache, Syrah and Carignan
Rouge - Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre, Marselan and Carignan

The 6th Annual Rose Tent Tasting
Solo Vino
Sunday, May 18
2-5pm
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