All Posts Tagged With: "rosé"

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Bouillabaisse Bash at the Barn – 2010

The Bluebird Tavern, the Burlington Free Press and Dedalus Wine Shop present:
Bouillabaisse Bash at the Barn
June 13th, 2010

Celebrate spring like you’re in southern France… For a taste of spring in Provence, we’re serving up big, spicy bowls of delicious Bouillabaisse and washing it down with piles of juicy, ice-cold rosé.
Every town in southern France has [...]

5May2010 | Jason | 1 comment | Continued
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Rosé Adoration Part II – Tegernseerhof Zweigelt Rosé, 2007

The first installment of our multi-post Rosé-pushing mission got a great response at the shop. Lots of people popped in to buy the St. Martin and, as predicted, our pink wine drinking converts are now legion – we’re building an army of Rosé crusaders!  After reading the Rosé Wine entry in my edition of the [...]

14Jul2009 | Jason | 2 comments | Continued
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Rosé Adoration Part I – Chateau St. Martin de la Garrigue “Tradition” 2008

We’ve been pushing Rosé on our customers for the last few weeks. The response we’re getting is awesome and, predictably, one of happy surprise. Initially, many of you think that these wines are going to be sweet. No doubt that this is a hold-over conception from the peak of White Zin’s popularity. C’mon, you know [...]

8Jul2009 | Jason | 1 comment | Continued
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The Brunier Brothers’ Well Kept Secret: Les Pallières Rosé – One sip and you’ll be hooked!

2008 Les Pallières au petit bonheur rosé.  This is a very beautiful rosé from the Gigondas region in the southern Rhone valley.  I do not say it lightly.  I never turn down a glass of rosé, especially at lunch, but it is not a wine I would seek out.  Usually bright, acidic, very pink, very [...]

23Jun2009 | Jason | 1 comment | Continued
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Make Everybody Happy with this Snappy Little Italian Rosé

Ca’Dei Mandorli Vino Spumante Brut Rosato
This snappy little rosé is a real charmer, with a sexy salmon hue, beautiful, light raspberry and rose petal aromatics and, most importantly, bubbles. It’s crisp and delicious – a well developed companion to bittersweet chocolate. I like to sneak a bottle in before dinner – it tasty and unusual, [...]

24Nov2008 | Jason | 0 comments | Continued