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Plonk Pick – Charles & Charles Rose 2010

2 June 2011

 
The menu – a braise of chicken in a piperade-based sauce – bacon, onion, garlic, peppers and tomatoes – and farro cooked risotto-style. Ingredients assembled, now for the wine.  As I was entering the wine department, I came upon a large floor display for  Charles & Charles Rosé 2010 Columbia Valley WA. The text on the cases [...]

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The 2011 Rosé Roundtable Wrap-up

26 May 2011

For this year’s Rosé Roundtable, the Wine Dine With Us group sampled eight wines, spanning Europe and the US. We were delighted that there were so many excellent, interesting, and unusual wines in this group. Unlike previous years, there were no duds and no snoozers. And after having had too many bland pinks, it restored [...]

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Think Pink – The Rose Society

10 May 2011

 
 
On Sunday May 15th, The Rosé Society, a.k.a. Wine Dine With Us, will hold its annual Rosé Roundtable. Before Wine Dine With Us was a blog, we were a tasting group. When we met seven years ago at wine school, our mentor, Bill Nesto MW, encouraged us to form a tasting group to further our [...]

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Wine Review: 2009 Alois Lageder Lagrein Rosé

6 May 2011

I usually abide by the conventional wisdom that almost all rosés should be drunk within a year after their release? So, why am I drinking a 2009 rosé? I blame it on being so eager for spring and the arrival of the 2010 vintage that I simply was not thinking about the date when I [...]

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He Said, She Said: Loire Valley Wines 2011 Boston Trade Tasting

15 April 2011

KATRIN – I was so looking forward to the Loire Valley Wines tasting on April 4 – we are huge fans of wines from the Loire and had a really great time at the tasting at the W Hotel last year. But it was also the location, as neither of us had been to Fenway [...]

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Wine Review: 2009 Château La Moutète Grande Réserve

14 September 2010

With the chill in the air already making me long for summer, I opened what could very well be my last rosé of 2010. We end on a classically French note, with a rosé from the Côtes de Provence appellation – the 2009 Château La Moutète Grande Réserve.  A blend of Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah, and [...]

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Wine Review: 2009 Proprietá Sperino Rosa del Rosa

13 September 2010

With cooler evenings and shorter days suddenly here, I knew that I would need to open any remaining summer rosés in the coming weeks. A quick inventory revealed only two rosés lingering in the collection. Since dinner was going to be Italian, I selected the 2009 Proprietá Sperino Rosa del Rosa. The Sperino is from [...]

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Wine Review: 2009 Domaine Collotte Marsannay Rosé

9 August 2010

There are not a lot of rosés from Burgundy on wine store shelves. And in fact, there is only one appellation in Burgundy that can carry a village-level designation for rosé.  It is Marsannay, which is located in the northern part of the Côtes de Nuits. All other Burgundian rosés are classified as the regional [...]

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The Rosé Roundtable

8 August 2010

For the past six years, the WDWU group has had a tradition of doing an annual “pink tasting.” This year, on a perfect warm August evening, we convened again (except this time we were missing Rodney, who was in Bordeaux) and mulled over and enjoyed six rosés spanning six countries.

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Wine Review: 2009 Valle Reale Ceresuolo

4 August 2010

There is really nothing better on a hot, humid day than a glass of refreshing rosé!  The 2009 Valle Reale Ceresuolo offers the perfect light wine that is fine on its own or with food. Made of 100% Montepulciano grapes, it has a bright welcoming pink hue. The nose is full of fresh strawberry and [...]

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