<p>Another good white: St Supery sauvignon blanc:</p>
<p><a href=“2013 St. Supéry Sauvignon Blanc - CellarTracker”>http://www.cellartracker.com/m/wines/1759013</a></p>
<p>I am not a big wine person. If I’m stumped on what to order a Chardonnay that I like is the Kendall Jackson. It’s consistanly good. </p>
<p>Affordable California chards: Byron,Steele, Macrostie, Matanzas Creek, Ch St Jean (Robert Young vineyards) and Franciscian. For a little more Fransciscan’s Cuvee Sauvage is very rich and flavorful, if you like an oaky chard.</p>
<p>Also Columbia Crest Grand Estates Chardonnay. Not Californian (Washington state) but a good value. You can find it nearly everywhere and it’s usually $10-12 a bottle. </p>
<p>shellz, a riesling is very sweet, pinot grigio somewhere in the middle, a chardonnay is the most dry. Though there can be many variances between each type of wine.</p>
<p>Rieslings don’t have to be sweet they vary from “Kabinett” (very dry) to “Trockenbeerauslese” (dessert wine sweet). It’s more that they are very flowery. They are often quite acidic. I like Gewurztraminer with turkey, which is also a German fruity aromatic wine, sometimes with just a tiny bit of fizz. </p>
<p>I think a Pinot Grigio is a safe boring choice. I’d probably go to a wine store and ask for a recommendation in your price range. I’d probably go for an unoaked Chardonnay (a decent one, lousy ones can be pretty dreadful - Yellowtail is horribly sweet) or a Sauvignon Blanc (US and Australian ones tend to be too herbal for me).</p>
<p>Dont forget eiswein. That is really sweet! Too sweet for me</p>
<p>I agree with the unoaked Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio is good too. You can easily go wrong with a riesling, and Gewurztraminer is not something I’d pick unless you knew someone liked it. It is better to go the less exciting route, and not take a chance. I gave a honey wine to someone a year ago (who loves wine), and i think it is still sitting in her refrigerator. I need to tell her to just toss that, if she can’t get anyone else to drink it!</p>
<p>We have found that Conundrum suits a a lot of varied white tastes and goes well with big meals. </p>
<p>I like conundrum red, but not conundrum white. The blend is too sweet.</p>
<p>The thing about Eiswein, Sauternes etc. is that their character completely changes when you pair them with a desserts they can be sublime. Drinking them on their own they can be pretty cloying. </p>
<p>Great suggestions here. Thanks for the education on whites! I’d rather get my intel here, as opposed to the local BevMo…,got a horrible recommendation for a gift wine last year. So embarrassing!</p>
<p>Shellz, I think Pinot Gris or Pinot Grigio are probably the most “easy to drink” for a wide range of white lovers. Willamette Valley has some great ones. king Estate is our favorite. Another good one is A to Z. I took a Sauvignon blanc to someone recently, and she deemed it not nearly as good as our usual pinot Gris. I recommend you not going too cheap, even if they swear the cheap one is just as good. </p>
<p>Thank you! For this occasion, price is not an issue, so I’ll certainly have fun picking out a nice bottle. Maybe I’ll get one for me too :)</p>
<p>I know that some wine lovers prefer natural corks, but with those there is always a risk that your bottle might be “corked.” For that reason, synthetic corks are a safer bet. Do not dismiss wine if it has a synthetic cork or a screw-cap! Which is typical of nice Oregon pintos. </p>
<p>Bunsenburner, great point. One we didn’t like recently from Oregon is Cardwell Hill Cellars Pinot Gris.
Another one we liked recently is called The Expedition, from Canoe Ridge Vineyard, in Walla Walla Washington. </p>
<p>We tried Oyster Bay Sav Blanc, that someone recommended, and for 9.99 a bottle, it was pretty good. </p>
<p>Need a screw top sweeter red wine rec for mom…she can’t use a corkscrew 
Ideas?</p>
<p>Can she use an electric corkscrew?</p>
<p><a href=“http://m.wineenthusiast.com/accessories/wine-openers/electric-corkscrews.asp”>http://m.wineenthusiast.com/accessories/wine-openers/electric-corkscrews.asp</a></p>
<p>@BunsenBurner probably, but she is typically “technology” resistant. She doesn’t drink a lot, so a screw top would be her preference. She’s drinking yellowtail right now, which I don’t mind too terribly…but there has got to be something better out there. </p>