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A practical guide to choosing outdoor libations By William Rice Chicago Tribune (KRT) Let’s welcome the picnic season. May, admittedly, was a month for staging picnics indoors. Finally, though, it’s possible to commune with nature without wearing a par ka and to plan outdoor meals. I ad mire those who, with the instinct of a skilled quartermaster, plan a picnic as thoroughly as a military campaign. To them, I leave the lisjt making and packing various games and toys. I prefer to concentrate cjn less obvious picnic necessities — wine, for instance. ...warm wine is no more pleasing on a picnic than a sudden thunderstorm. To be succinct, any wine that needs to be fussed over doesn’t be long on a picnic, unless said picnic is taking place on your terrace. Do bring glasses and a corkscrew, un less the wine you choose is capped with a newly chic metal screw top. Be sure to claim a cooler and a share of the ice to keep the wine — even reds — somewhat chilled. After decades of dining al fresco in summer, I can say with some con fidence that warm wine is no more pleasing on a picnic than a sudden thunderstorm. Today I have brought along three samples of easy-to-enjoy wines (all chilled, though not painfully cold). The wines, as you can see, are Chateau Potelle 2000 Napa Valley sauvignon blanc ($15); Domaines Schlumberger 1998 Alsatian nes ting Les Princes Abbes ($16), and Jest Red, a non-vintage red table wine with a sense of humor from California’s North Coast ($10). I recommend sauvignon blanc in the full, grassy, crisp style of Chateau Potelle for sipping early in the gathering. The wine has the aroma of a bowl of fresh fruit, of fering hints of melon, peach and citrus. It makes a refreshing aperi tif, but will be welcome at the pic nic table, too, if fish pate, shellfish salads or sandwiches, vegetable salads made with potato or other root vegetables are on the menu. Or pour it with skewered seafood or vegetables, or noodles with Asian seasonings. Rieslings from Alsace, the French province that borders the Rhine River, are a revelation to those who have tasted only sweet or semi-sweet versions of wines made from this classy grape. In Al sace, and especially at the Schlum berger estate, much of the riesling is dry and full bodied with teasing flavor fillips of apple, lemon, hon ey. Marvelously versatile, this 4 year-old white will be a fine com panion to chicken or salmon prepared in almost any fashion, as well as ham, sausages and a good many cheeses. Generic, blended red wines are not in favor these days, but many a picnic meal has been enlivened by them, and many a hostess or host has been grateful for their modest cost. Not only is there humor in the name of my choice, Jest Red, there’s a pleasing amount of flavor in the bottle. Having combined cabernet sauvignon, merlot, petit syrah, pe tit verdot, pinot noir, syrah and zinfandel, winemaker Bob Bertheau could truly say, “Jest Red is truly a labor of blending love.” Rich cherry and black currant fla vors from almost the entire assem blage intermingle with the pep pery scent of syrah and zinfandel in this all-purpose charmer. It will complement almost any sandwich or salad made with cheese or meat, especially Italian cold cuts or Mid western meatloaf, as well as grilled hamburgers or hot dogs and maybe even S’mores. Finally, remember that Cham pagne, encased in a strong bottle, travels very well. ©2002, Chicago Tribune. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services. Howard Bjomson Chicago Tribune (KRT) To be succinct, any wine that needs to be fussed over doesn’t belong on a picnic, unless said picnic is taking place on your terrace. Classifieds: Room 300, Erb Memorial Union RO. 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