The Winery: Kris
The Wine: 2006 Pinot Grigio Delle Venezie
The Price: $8.89 at my local Costco
Unfortunately, Kris winery does not seem to have a website. Kris is bottled by Franz Haas winery, but their website does not mention Kris.
This is a very light, crisp Pinot Grigio. The wine is pale yellow in color. It has a mild citrus flavor. This is a wholly plain and unremarkable wine. It should be in a bottle labeled "Plain White Table Wine from Italy". I don't hate it, but I wouldn't rush out to buy more.
The label on the bottle suffers from severe Attention Deficit Disorder. There are two eyes above the word Kris on the label. Then there is a green hand with a grape vine woven through the fingers. Next to the hand there is a red lipstick print. Next to the lips is a gold-leaf blob that I presume is supposed to be a grape. Or maybe it's supposed to be the sun. I guess the label is befitting of the wine. Neither commits. But at least the label has character. It's disjointed, but has character.
You know a wine is not impressive if I have more to say about the label than the wine.
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Supposedly the labels are drawn from a famous artist from Northern Italy. The handprint is renown winemaker Franz Haas's son. It also stands for the human element and contribution in wine production. The green circles are representative of grapes in the vineyard, the harvest. The gold circle is the sun illuminating the vineyards. And the lips are for the Passion that goes into the wine! Salute!
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