Wine Tasting and friends in Santorini. Photo courtesy of Anne Volk.

Over a candlelit dinner at New York’s finest five-star, I had the good fortune of ordering a rare Barolo from the highly regarded 2001 vintage . . . just kidding! I’m no wine connoisseur ordering fancy bottles, but I do love myself a good glass of organic wine.

There are several organic wines worth celebrating. Lately I have enjoyed Frey’s Organic Cabernet Sauvignon: a 2005 aged on French Oak (whatever that means, but it sounds nice), with black cherry notes, and the slightest suggestion of mint. Lacking tannins (what true wine drinkers call the sharp bite that hits you in the back of your jaw), Frey’s Cabernet is so “approachable and easy,” that it recently won a bronze metal at the International Eastern Wine Competition.

Best of all, Frey’s Organic Cabernet is a sulfite-free blend of Cabernet grapes from Redwood Valley and Ukiah, California. In other words, the wine is local and as we all know local and organic are a match made in eco-heaven.

Pair Frey’s Cabernet with organic cheese for an experience in green decadence.

My beautiful friend Anne and her boyfriend Andrew. Andrew is a respected food critic and wine connoisseur.
Photo courtesy of Anne Volk.

Posted on July 18th, 2007 by Olivia Zaleski