Newton Farm's Wine Director Sue Mohle

If you are ever near Kiawah Island South Carolina, then be sure and visit Sue Mohle at Newton Farms. Sue was chosen by Food + Wine Magazine in 2008 as being the best wine buyer in South Carolina. We can agree, Sue has a super palate and is a super person. We love her wine dept! Almost as much as Mariah Carey who recently bought 12 bottles of Cristal there to make mimosas during her stay at the uber fab Sanctuary Resort on Kiawah about a mile away. (So that's how she hits those high notes!)

Celebrity Wine Lover of the Week
Princess Hildur of Iceland pours her favorite house wine:
Hughes Beaulieu Picpoul '07 National retail price $10.99-$12.99
Imported by Frans Kysela Pere Et Fils
Distributed by Henri Gabriel AdVintage Wines Charleston S.C.
Bought at Bill's Liquour Beaufort S.C. Celia Strong Wine buyer

Royalty visits Beaufort and pours her favorite wine!

Icelandic Princess Holmfridur Hildur Kristjansdottir visited Beaufort S. C. this past weekend. Princess Hildur is the only direct descendant of the legendary Viking warrior king Erik the Red who we all remember from our history books discovered and colonized Greenland. (see The Saga of Erik the Red). Erik himself was the grandson of Norway's King Hrolf Nefja. Erik's son, Prince Leif Eriksson pushed on to North America, discovering Newfoundland and built the first Christian church on the North American continent. The tall and formidable Princess Hildur divides her time between her family's 9000 acre royal compound in Iceland and visiting good friends in America. For a reception in her honor Princess Hildur asked to choose the wine that would be served. Her favorite wine of choice?: Hugues Beaulieu Picpoul '07 Coteaux Du Languedoc

More on this wine:
100% Picpoul, aka Folle Blanche. Pale yellow color with green tints. Fresh and fine aromas of grapefruit and exotic fruit. Lime flavors, with typical focusing acidity, are hallmarks of Picpoul. A best value wine, this wine impresses novices and hardened geeks equally.
Known as “the Muscadet of the South” in France, this is to the Mediterranean coast of France what Albariño is to northwest Spain…the default wine for fresh shellfish & seafood.

"The latest installment of a perennial amazing value, the 2007 Coteaux du Languedoc Picpoul de Pinet Hugues Beaulieu from the region’s Cave de Pomerols coop smells of clover, musk melon and sea air. Subtly chalky, it finishes with invigorating salinity, juicy, melon fruit, and a virtual crunch of fresh garden greens. Here is a wine that delivers the lilt, minerality, and refreshment reminiscent of a Muscadet, dry Riesling, or Jacquerre-based Savoie white, but with relatively low acidity and a soft mouth-feel."
- Wine Advocate (#178, Aug. 2008), 88 pts

"Fruity wine that loves a good barbecue"
"An absolutely delicious light-bodied, tank-fermented and -aged white. Crisp grapefruit, lemon, and lime notes jump from the glass. This wine is a perfect match for grilled seafood or chicken." - Robert Parker, Jr - Business Week (July 2, 2007) - 87 pts