Rosé Wine

Hah, I've got a story about a trip to Canada, a double decker bus, our first bag of weed, and more then one bottle of Red Mateus. The story goes on for about another 20 years, now I drink coffee. Good times, good times.

I always did like the wine with the Toad on the bottle though. Loved the cartoon as well "Mr. Toad Rides Again!" Classic.

That seemed suspiciously like a plug. Moderator?

In the past few weeks our favorite local wine shop has been pushing a variety of Rose's. We've had two from South Africa that were very nice and only about $12 - fruity with just a hint of sugar. Last week I bought a $11 Spanish rose' that went well with our baked ham, and I have on hand a $12 bottle of Provencal Rose' ( 40% Grenanche,30% Syrah,30% Cinsault) imported by Routas USA, a California outfit.. I think the most expensive bottle in our local store's collection was about $18, which was a price both the merchant and I agreed was a bit much for a Rose'.

Years ago we used to buy an inexpensive California Grenache Rose' ( must have been at least 75% Grenache) - I haven't seen anything like it in our local stores for years. It was cheap and a bit sweet and was a great quaff cold on a hot Summer evening.

Cheers, John

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Originally posted by MilwFoodlovers

I suppose this is out then too!

When I was a truck driver in the 80's, I once drove to the Wild Irish Rose bottling plant to pick up a load. It was out in the middle of a field, in South Carolina, I think. Very strange place.
In high school, in the late 60's, I thought I was quite sophisticated when I latched onto a bottle of Mateus.

We drank Rose in the 70's...I outgrew the sweetness of it!!

Lee, you need to try some of the roses from Italy, France and Spain. They are mostly dry and fantastic with a broad range of food. In fact, the other night I made a screamin' hot Thai curry and the pink wine was perfect with it.

john

Over the summer we enjoyed a few bottles of Pedroncelli Zinfandel Rosé and Domaine Jean Bousquet Rose. The Pedroncelli was a little on the sweet side, the Domaine Jean Bousquet not so much. Neither came close to being as syrupy sweet as the bargain-shelf white zin most folks think of when they think of pink wine.

You guys have encouraged me to give it a try...Thanks!!!

That stuff called "white Zinfandel" has no relationship to "Rose'" - it is atrocious stuff that gives a bad name to both Zinfandel and Rose'.

Cheers, John

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Originally posted by MiamiDon

I second the suggestion of the above-mentioned Tavel Rose

And I "third" it!

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Originally posted by Sandy Thruthegarden
That worked... Dick's Liquors in Covington!

No way! Did they think about the name before they put it on the store?

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Originally posted by seafarer john

That stuff called "white Zinfandel" has no relationship to "Rose'" - it is atrocious stuff that gives a bad name to both Zinfandel and Rose'.

Cheers, John

I second that emotion. I like red zin, but white is just as you put, atrocious.

I haven't tried rose in quite a while, I usually stick to dry reds or whites, I'll take some of the suggestions here to the liquor store tomorrow and see what I can find.

Chateau St. Michelle has a "Dry Rose" that I tried on a whim and ended up really likeing. Many Rose's suffer (to me) from being overly sweet. They range from sweet to semi-sweet. This Dry Rose isn't truely dry, it still holds a pleasant slight sweetness to it, but far less that some of the other Rose's out there.

http://www.ste-michelle.com/wines/columbia_valley/nellies_garden_dry_rose.cfm

I believe it's in the $12-15 zone and it's well worth a try for something a littly different in the Rose world.

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Originally posted by Theedge

Hah, I've got a story about a trip to Canada, a double decker bus, our first bag of weed, and more then one bottle of Red Mateus. The story goes on for about another 20 years, now I drink coffee. Good times, good times.

I always did like the wine with the Toad on the bottle though. Loved the cartoon as well "Mr. Toad Rides Again!" Classic.

Weed????