THE WINE Ortega is an off-dry white wine. Strong aromas of elderflower and peaches with a taste of sweet grapefruit. This wine has low acidity.
FOOD PARING Sumptuous with ahi tuna, quiche Lorraine, alfredo pasta and soft cheeses. Easy to drink on its own. Great to accompany apricot tarts, seafoods, poultry and lighter cheeses. Also great as a summer - patio sipper. Serve chilled.
THE GRAPE Ortega is a grape variety used for white wine. Ortega has a pale green skin and is also used as a table grape.
PARENTAGE The Ortega grape was created in 1948 by Hans Breider at Bayersishcen Landesanstalt in Wurzburg, Germany. It is a cross between Müller-Thurgau and Siegerrebe. Breider chose the variety name in honour of the Spanish Poet and philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset