Wine experts if somebody should ask which California chardonnay would

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you recommend with steak? For someone who likes white wine more then they like red wine.
 
That's a tough question - steak and white wine are not a very good combination; the heaviness and flavourfullness of a nice rare steak tends to overpower the flavours of the wine. However, it still is possible to manage.

Personally, I'd try to steer them away from Chardonnay, Californian or otherwise, and more towards other grape varieties - Chardonnays can be overly oak-influenced and too supple for steak, better a more firm wine with a good acidic backbone.

My first thoughts would go to either a dry Alsacian Riesling (Riesling is a white grape that is well known for being adaptable to any sort of food) or a white Rhone wine (such as a Chateau-neuf-du-Pape, Hermitage or Condrieu), which are full bodied, firm, and very flavourful. If you wanted to try something different, an Austrian Gruner Veltliner with some age to it, with it's aromas of lentils and spice, should go nicely as well.

If it has to be a California Chardonnay, then my advice would be to go for the boldest one you can afford - Sanford, Grgich Hills, and Landmark Overlook are three California Chardonnays that may suit your needs.

Enjoy!
 
the best wine with steak would be a good red Burgundy

P.S. I have read that the Californian wines are now made with genetically-modified yeast instead of the natural yeast from the grapeskins
 
I would NEVER have a chardonnay with steak. They clash, ruin each other.

Try chilling (but not too much!) a light, fruity red like a gamay or Beaujolais.
 
Markham makes a very good chardonnay. And an excellent sauvignon blanc. I discovered Markham when it was still a relatively unknown label.
 
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