Fâmega Vinho Verde 2009

Two of the best resources for Spanish and Portuguese wines are Ryan and Gabriella Opaz.  When researching these great wines I read their blog Catavino.  Through them I discovered Albarino from Spain and now Vinho Verde (green wine) from Portugal
I recently found the Famega Vinho Verde at a local wine shop and since I am doing this white wine thing and the bottle looked interesting and the price was only $7, I brought one home.
The grapes used in making Fâmega are Avesso, Azal and Pedernã (known as Arinto in the Bucelas Region). These are all native to the Vinho Verde region of Portugal.
Very light and very bright color, almost like water with a hint of  pale straw and a few bubbles gave this wine a very unique look. 
Aromas were light citrus, some green apple and floral.  
The taste was crisp, and citrusy with some green apple and some mineral with a medium to short finish.
I opened this wine after work and just sipped for a few hours while playing games on the PC.  Thoroughly enjoyed and now have another bottle in the fridge to try with a nice salmon steak.  This wine would also be nice with spicy oriental food or a chicken quisadilla and excellent with light salads on the soon to be hot summer days.
This has to be my last white wine review 'til late spring.  Shirley and I went out last weekend and I ordered one of my favorite red wines and found my palate may be shrinking in favor of white wines.  Now imagine a red wine only drinker learning to enjoy white wines finding a distaste for reds.  Going back to reds may be hard to do knowing there is a nice Poruguese white wine in the fridge.