What the Experts are Recommending

Rosé reviewer roundup

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What the Experts are Recommending We're not the only ones tasting rosés around here. All over the web there are reviews popping up everyday, but sometimes you just don't know where to look. And the truth is, you just can't look everywhere.

If you're looking for additional rosé options, you can see the first installments of my 2011 rosé chronicles here. And here, check out what the experts are saying! We've tracked down five top rosés that have been reviewed in the past week and here they come!

NB: Reviewers often are the first to receive wines, so if these wines are not yet available in your market, they may still be in transit.

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125836 dmcker

Hand of Snooth

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Nice compliment to your rose roundup, Greg. Found the SFGate piece by Bonne et al. particularly rewarding to link to....

May 31, 2011 at 3:42 PM
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Ah, rosé wine, surely a choice of lifestyle over palate, of fun over flavour? But we, too, recommend Bonny Doon Vin Gris de Cigare - on http://tinyurl.com/6ayxok9

Jun 01, 2011 at 3:53 AM
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The tip from Europe is that ROSE wine has its own spectrum from the palest wild salmon pink, that you find in Provence and S.E. France, ideal with salads and fish, to the more paraffin dark pink wines from Grenache/Garnacha, Tempranillo, Cinsaut, Cabernet of Languedoc/Roussillon and mainly Spain, that can stand up to grilled lamb if necessary and are an ideal "split the difference" wine when some want fish and others meat. Aussie wine Rose of Virginia and NZ "Pansy" also can do this "job". The Alsace Pinot Noirs, which look pink, are able to match steak and cold beef, tongue, pork products etc. Also if in Burgundy or Bordeaux look out for pinks that are vg but rare outside the region, like clairet. Loire onbviously has its sancerre rose but menetou salon morogues is just as good, again at the salmon pink end of the spectrum, lovely luncheon wine....

Jun 01, 2011 at 6:39 AM