Price: $12

Producer: Can Feixes

Origin: Penedès, Spain

Type of wine: Dry white wine made from a blend of white grapes – Parellada, Montonec, and Chardonnay

Try it with: A very good food wine – roasted chicken, crab cakes, garlic marinated shrimp, seafood bisques

Date Reviewed: Feb. 2004

Spain is well known for its tasty value priced red wines and bubbly (Cava). There are also some very good value whites. The Penedès region in Catalonia is one place to look for good white wine at great prices. Can Feixes Blanc Seleccio reminds me of a lime spritzer – crisp, refreshing and great with food. This straw colored wine is full of fresh springtime aromas of citrus, fresh-cut grass and minerals. In the mouth it is light bodied with well-balanced crispness. Flavors follow the scents in the glass. Can Feixes has a nice, fresh finish, which makes it affable with a range of dishes. This wine made me crave seafood and a second glass.