Updating my column in Wednesday’s food section, need to clarify that the sangiovese rose that received a rave from “remarkable service” is not Italian, but from Napa Valley. My bad for making that assumption.
Really liked a Spanish rose I had earlier this week (yes, the label states Denomicnacion Origen Rueda)vida Nueva… dry, but with a faint strawberry quality that didn’t wilt with the citrusy grilled chicken.
A blend of merlot, syrah and gewurztraminer… called Menage a Trois (from Folie a Deux… where are those accent marks when you need them??) was more nice than naughty. Probably the sweetest of the batch of pink I’ve sipped. But still not sweet in a sticky white zin way. (Maybe I’m giving white zin an unfair shake?)
Any more rose recommendations?
The wet bar
Responses to “Rose picks, part two”
August 2nd, 2006 at 6:39 pm
Drinking and working….I guess you can do that from home, can’t ya?!? I’m drinking Marques de Caceres from Rioja as I tackle paperwork, and thought I’d take a break to send this. It’s 80% tempranillo and 20% Garnacha, and is cold fermented. It’s light, refreshing, hot-weather-sipping!
August 4th, 2006 at 11:24 am
We used to drink a nice Portuguese rose many years ago that was called Moinhos. Anybody seen that around lately? We bought it at a liquor store on Summer near White Station, before we came to our senses & moved to Midtown 
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