We discovered Txakolinas a few years ago and really enjoy these light, bright Basque wines. They're a perfect match for the type of foods you crave on a warm summer night. This particular one is Txakoli Ameztoi. It's one of those rare wines that actually has the flavor of fresh, green grapes. It might also remind you of a green apple– dry, crisp, refreshing, and thirst quenching.
Here's a link to a New York Times article, by Eric Asimov, on Txakolinas including this one. And he gives this note on pronunciation, "In Basque it is mostly rendered as Txakolina (pronounced chock-oh-LEE-nah), but almost as often it shows up as Txakoli (CHOCK-oh-lee)."
Txakolina, a Tongue-Twisting Name for Simple Pleasure
It's sort of the Joy of Cooking
of Spain.
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