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Lately, I’ve been seeing the Basque white wine Txakolina (pronounced choco-lina) everywhere. Wanting to find out what all the hubbub was about, I picked up a bottle at my local Whole Foods. I grabbed Txomin Etxaniz Getariako Txakolina, and while I wouldn’t describe it as mind-blowing, I can honestly say it was truly enjoyable. Crisp and slightly effervescent from its natural carbonic gas, it has a slight underlying mustiness, making this a wine with quite a personality.
I've more often seen it labeled txacoli or txakoli, without the -lina.
Sounds like the wine is pretty easy to pronounce once you learn -- "chocolina "sounds like a kids' breakfast cereal. Txacoli is just an English approximation of how the wine is spelled using the beautiful Basque alphabet. The main grape used to make the wine is really something: Hondarribi Zuri.
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I've more often seen it labeled txacoli or txakoli, without the -lina.
Sounds like the wine is pretty easy to pronounce once you learn -- "chocolina "sounds like a kids' breakfast cereal. Txacoli is just an English approximation of how the wine is spelled using the beautiful Basque alphabet. The main grape used to make the wine is really something: Hondarribi Zuri.
Just a comment on your language, Kate...
"natural carbonic gas" is a bit thick, isn't it? Plus, it's not clear unless you know those wine terms. "Bubbles from fermentation trapped in the bottle," or "bottled before fermentation is complete," or something to that effect, works.
Glad you're turning Chow readers onto a new wine.-COLLAPSE