#roseseason

While it may not seem like Rosé season, it is always the season to enjoy a great glass of wine of whatever color. And who doesn’t love pink wine on Valentine’s Day? Fifty-year-old Cakebread Cellars offers an expressive Rosé wine selection with its Vin de Porche Rosé of Pinot Noir from Northern California’s Anderson Valley with a touch of fruit hailing from the cool Carneros region of Napa. Crisp,…

The day-glo pink is the first asterisk, but it’s a muddled pink, burnished with salmon and onion-skin to a point where I am not terribly critical. No idea of the variety, but I suppose it *could* be grenache, and knowing this producer–and his recent marketing proclivities–who knows. Fat and round in the nose and taste: sweet and rotund while still managing a particular beauty despite the…

As we celebrate Earth Day today, honoring Mother Earth and the bounty she provides, we raise a glass to the newly released Avante Garde Rosé of Pinot Noir from Domaine Carneros. The wine showcases the strength and power of the sun with a wine whose production was fueled with solar-powered energy. In 2023, the winery unveiled its solar microgrid, producing enough energy to run the bottling of the…

Despite the alleged existence of a *Rosé Season*, I drink rosé all year long. Flat-brim marketing hooey aside, retailers claim it is almost impossible to sell during winter, and spring-time signals a rush on the shelves. And–as has been well-established on these pages–I am ridiculously picky about my rosé. My preferred varieties are Grenache–first and foremost–with Mourvedre, Corvina and Sangio…

It’s National Rose Day, and we are toasting with all things pretty in pink. Dozens of red grape varieties are used to create dry Rosé wines, each lending unique flavor profiles, textures, and characteristics to their style of Rosé. These varieties include every grape from the Rhone Valley, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Italy, Spain, Portugal, America, and on and on and on. One of the most widely used…