Bouncing into wine stores, grocery stores, and the local COSTCO, is a terrific Chardonnay for hot weather. yellow tail Chardonnay is cute with its artistic wallaby on the label and cork. The winemakers have added a literary touch in choosing to use a lower case "y" and "t", in the style of ee cummings. This wine comes from the Mildura and Riverina regions of South Eastern Australia.

Fine, it's cute and fun, but how does it taste? In a word: Great! It is straw-gold in color with a nose of peaches, coconut, rockmelon, vanilla and spice. It is silky smooth, medium-bodied, with flavors of tropical fruits, peaches, coconut and toasty oak. Well balanced to enjoy now and through 2004.

What can you expect to pay for this terrific wine? Less than $7! For this reason yellow tail is one of the best selling wines in the US. As noted before you can find yellow tail almost everywhere wine is sold. It has also been recognized at various wine tastings. The yellow tail site notes:

The gold medal was awarded in the commercial dry white class of the show where it was nudged out of contention for 3 major Trophies by a ½ point (56.5 pts received).

• Best White Wine in Show
• Best Dry White Commercial Wine in Show
• Best Chardonnay in Show

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