What exactly is a "mist" wine? What's a good one?

[Comet in TX]

Hey,

Well, my 1st batch of GSM is in the secondary and my 2nd batch - a CC Washington Pinot Gris is bubbling away in the fermenter, so I guess I'm doing it! Getting bottles from a local wine pub, so many there's 7 cases up in the attic already.

What exactly is a mist wine? They all kinda sound like sangria to me - are they? I think the last wine cooler I drank was around 20 years ago.......

What would be a good one to try? Not too sweet but with good varietal character! I think I'm going to need something to drink this summer in TX while all the 'serious' wines are aging away.

Next up will be the WE Riesling icewine........

Thanks,
Lara

 

[vcasey]

Light weight, low alcohol, early drinking would best describe the mist kit style. Most are sweet like a wine cooler.
VC

 

[cpfan]

Comet:


Check out thecommercial Wild Vines or Arbor Mist products. They are very much like the results from a mist wine kit.


BTW, if you are looking for Varietal Grape flavours, you're barking up the wrong tree. Pick a mist wine with a fruit flavour that you like, eg Blackberry, Raspberry, Pink Grapefruit. And there are a couple that are Sangria flavoured. My son, daughter-in-law, and her mom really like the Niagara Mist Sangria Zinfandel Blush.


Steve