Includes:
Chateau Ste Michelle Columbia Valley Riesling White Wine
Madelaine's Pink Foiled 9" Milk Chocolate Sweetheart Rose
Mrs. Fields Lemon Dark Chocolate Crème Sticks
de Geneve Milk Chocolate Cherry Cordials
Too Good Gourmet Lemon Twist Taffy in Spring Gift Tube
Angelina's Sweet Butter Cookies
Lacey's Delicious Dark Chocolate & Crisp Almond Toffee Wafers
Too Good Gourmet Colorful Candy Shortbread Cookies
Too Good Gourmet Cinnamon English Tea Cookies
Nikki's Butterfly Cinnamon Sugar Cookies
Too Good Gourmet Oatmeal Raisin Cookies in Butterfly Spring Gift Box
Brent & Sam's Key Lime White Chocolate Cookies
Elki Savory Spring Onion Crackers
Los Olivos Wine & Cheese Biscuits
Deep River Rosemary & Olive Oil Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
...in a Beautiful Oval Honey Stained Willow Gift Basket with Woven Trim and hand-tied with "Happy Mother's Day" ribbon.
Chateau Ste Michelle Columbia Valley Riesling White Wine
The Columbia Valley Riesling is a mélange of Riesling from throughout Washington’s Columbia Valley. It is crafted it to be a refreshing, off-dry Riesling vintage after vintage. The wine delivers sweet lime and peach character with subtle mineral notes. This is their “every day Riesling” that is a pleasure to drink and easy to match with a variety of foods.
A “perfect” ripening season with full crop yields, and restrained sugar levels led to outstanding wines from Washington state’s Columbia Valley in 2008. Delayed slightly by cool spring weather and a moderate summer, harvest began 10 days later than normal. Hot weather in August provided ideal ripening conditions for grapes across all varietals and harvest was quickly ramped up in order to obtain fruit at the optimum ripeness.
Columbia Valley vineyards lie in the rain shadow of the Cascade Mountains and receive just 6-8 inches of rainfall annually. Warm, sunny days and cool evening temperatures create ideal conditions
for intense aroma and flavor development in the ripening grapes. Sandy soils with low fertility and low water-holding capacity enable precise control of vine growth. A northerly latitude gives the Columbia Valley roughly two more hours of sunlight daily during the peak-growing season than California,
increasing the region’s ability to ripen fruit.
Riesling grapes were harvested starting on September 22th at the peak of flavor. Fermentation temperatures were maintained at 50-55 degrees F to preserve Riesling’s fresh and fruity character, using an assortment of yeasts for added complexity.