Posts Tagged ‘Rose’
The magic is in the juice
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Tags: About, brand, Business, Design, drinking, elixir, juice, Kermit Lynch, label, movie, read, recommendation, Rose, social, Swill, Tommy Boy, Wine, wineries, winery, world
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In Terms of Pink
Monday, May 5th, 2008
White Zinfandel has certainly ruined many opportunities for roses in the United States. Slowly they are appearing in restaurants and at wine bars, yet, it is only the brave that are drinking this pink sensation. The rest of us, myself included until recently, don’t want people to believe that we might be drinking White Zinfandel. In reality, the only person that will care, and should care, what you are drinking is you, unless someone else is buying your drink, but that is more geared for the topic of economics, which I won’t be covering here.
I was recently at a wine bar in Paris with friends for dinner. When it came time to order our wine, I was looking at the reds, and by accident I ordered a Cotes-du-Provence thinking it was red. The server came back with our drinks. We had a rainbow of wines sitting on our table, one ordered white, another red, and apparently I ordered a rosé. A bit reluctant at first, I considered sending it back, but quickly remembered the French customer service policy… (more…)
Tags: elixir, Paris, picnic, review, Rose, Wine, Wine Your Diet, Zinfandel
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Stormhoek Pinotage Couture (Rose)
Friday, September 14th, 2007
Stormhoek Pinotage Rose rocks the party with rock-candy colour intensity, bold cherry and strawberry aroma and a concentrated super juicy fruity palate. Drinking it over ice in a tumbler is a nice touch, and it certainly raises Rose’s game. This wine makes my front line.
When it comes to Pinotage, you should also check out Peter May‘s site at http://pinotage.org. He has written several articles for Grape Thinking, here and here, and we still have 4 more postings on the series. Thanks Peter!
Tags: elixir, Pinotage, review, Rose, Stormhoek, Wine
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Sancerre Rose Gaspard de la Thaumassiere
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007
People will take some time to start drinking Rose. I think perhaps the solution will be to display the bottle visibly on the table, lest anyone think you’re drinking White Zinfandel! This is the year Rose will take off in the US, and there’s going to have to be some shelf-space cleared. One of my preferred Roses is a Pinotage Rose, as they usually combine the candied fruit together a refreshing off-dry profile and some faint plumb traces. I think that South Africa may just find its foothold in Rose, or at least it has all the potential to.
I’m heading off to Greece in a little bit, and just to take the edge off thinking about packing etc. headed down to pick up a bottle, and was forced to compromise and buy a Pinot Noir Rose from Sancerre. In the way Pinot Noir is, the rose smelled like a rose-petal rosary I once bought in Jerusalem, coupled with a light redcurrant note. Its pink-grapefruit blush was magnificent, and all in all this is a perfect wine to include in your summer drinking.
Tags: elixir, review, Rose, Wine
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