Pomegranate: Wine Tastes Just Like Its Fruity Color

POMEGRANATE: WINE TASTES JUST LIKE ITS FRUITY COLOR
By Peggy Grodinsky, Staff
The Houston Chronicle
June 7, 2006 Wednesday
2 Star Edition
Wine lovers occasionally use the term “pomegranate” to describe the
flavor or color of red wines. Now there’s a wine that’s actually
made from the fruit. You can find a bottle for $9 at Central Market,
where a shelf label touts its antioxidant benefits. Add to that
the much ballyhooed claims that red wine is good for you (now being
re-examined), and you’ve got “double bang for your buck,” says the
store’s wine and beer manager, Martin Korson.
The wine, from Armenia, is sweet, fruity and pleasant, perfect for
a novice drinker. “I like this in a wine-cooler, back-in-high-school
kind of way,” one taster commented. Chronicle wine guru Mike Lonsford
suggested pairing it with smoked turkey and cranberry sauce – or
using it in a wine spritzer. “Well-chilled,” he added.