Wine of the week
Wine of the week
What: 2009 Cantine Lunae Bosoni Colli di Luni Vermentino “Lunae.”
Info: With summer here, crisp white wines are what’s needed. Break out the wine buckets and the galvanized pails, stick in a few bottles and it’s party time.
Paolo Bosoni at Cantine Lunae, an estate in Liguria that goes back five centuries, makes a stunning Vermentino called “Lunae.”
Note: This is the etichetta nera, or black label reserve, wine. The regular label, also very good, is half the price.
You wouldn’t serve this to just anybody: It needs an audience that will appreciate its lovely subtleties.
Straw yellow with greenish glints, it is 100 percent Vermentino, made from grapes sourced from two hillside vineyards. Though the scent is wildflowers and honey, the wine is dry and fresh, with a hint of apple and almond.
Region: Liguria, Italy
Price: About $25
Style: Dry and aromatic
What it goes with: Grilled fish or prawns, squid, seafood pasta dishes
Crunch with punch
Herbs and vegetables — think garlic, tomatoes, onions, etc. — flavor new crackers sandwiched with cream cheese from Lance.
Called Cracker Creations, they’re available in two flavors: Garden Vegetable and Parmesan Herb. A two-cracker packet is 150 calories.
The suggested retail price: $2.99 for a six-packet box (12 crackers total). At major grocers nationwide; a store locator is at crackercreations.lance.com.
A square deal
Jet-Puffed Stacker- Mallows is what Kraft Foods has dubbed these kissin’ cousins of the traditional puff.
The flattened shape makes them s’more perfect.
An 8-ounce bag is $1.69 at grocers nationwide; a store locator is at kraftfoods.com.
Combined dispatches