Öömrang Müller-Thurgau Puget Sound 2022

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Yes, it’s true! Our favorite crushable, high-scoring, AND affordable Washington white wine is back! From an enchanting family project in Puget Sound, this rare Franconian wine delivers lush aromatics, steely minerality, and a kiss of tropical fruit at a just-right 12% alcohol. Put 2 bottles in the cart, and watch your price drop by an additional 50% per bottle!

Öömrang is a serendipitous winery that just has one of those cool stories about it. Edmund and Christine Stoecklein moved from New York to Washington State in 2016, and Christine thought Thanksgiving at the new house would be more fun if the family tried making wine in the basement. They bought some grapes, had a great time, liked the results, and wanted to keep going. Edmund felt a little worried about how much wine you could legally make at home, which led to a discussion with an attorney, and the creation of Öömrang. (These people are charmingly all-in  with anything they touch.) By June, they had planted their first vines.

Öömrang now has 22 acres of grapes, with a focus on Franconian‑style German whites that are very rare in the United States. Edmund was born in Germany, as were Christine’s parents, and the winery gets its name from the Frisian word for the island of Amrum. Christine went back to Germany to absorb traditional skills, and in a short time, the project had racked up numerous awards and high ratings for both their wines and eau de vie brandies. She heads up winemaking and distilling with a simple goal: “Make things that taste good.” The fruit was grown on the estate using organic methods, against a postcard backdrop of Puget Sound, the Olympic Mountains, and the Cascades. Rainfall is low here, winters are mild, and summers are ideal. But the full scene at Öömrang? Storybook whimsy. There is a skeet shooting range, a greenhouse for growing wasabi, and a pointy wooden chapel with a floor-length mosaic of a saint. Bells that ring on the same schedule as the diocese of Munich, farm equipment made in Germany, and a glorious copper still. Edmund’s family owns a 150-year-old winery in northern Bavaria, so maybe it was all inevitable.

Müller-Thurgau is Riesling’s love child, and the second most popular grape variety planted in Germany. Loaded with pink grapefruit, lemon, and lime, along with papaya, guava, and bushels of peaches – this is a full-fledged rainbow of fruit, with a steely, minerally, river-rocky backbone and underpinnings of white florals. It is an absolute thrill to sip on, and goes down entirely too easily! Under $50 is a seriously good deal for a few of these, but under $20 for 2 or more bottles is a downright steal. Bring home your 6-pack (free delivery, too!), and transport to the sunny hills of Washington in no time at all!

PAIRING IDEAS: Something a little sweet and a little savory would be lip-smackingly good with this mouthwatering white – I’m going for this grilled honey mustard chicken with peach salad.