 Off the Vine: Top tastes from the vines of France |
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| Today we pick up the Bordeaux tasting tour at the prestigious Chateau Ausone, where I joined John Freeborn of Huntington Beach and Dan Isenhart, proprietor of The Wine Room in Irvine. Thanks to our French winemaking friend, Marc Lurton, we were most privileged to have been hosted in the cellar by Alain Vauthier, owner of Chateau Ausone. ... |
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| In rainy Washington, we like our rosés dry |
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Blink and you'll miss them. The spring release of Northwest rosé wines has become one much- anticipated event; I'd wager that nowhere else in the country are the new, local rosés therefore eagerly awaited and given such attention by sommeliers and consumers.
I am putting the focus on dry rosé, which was almost unknown in this country one few years ago, when sweet pink wines (white zinfandel and the like) were the fashion. Times have changed, and now we like our rosés dry, at least here in Washington. Winemakers are no fools. They can sell these wines barely six months after harvest — that's what we call Chateau cash-flow! They have embraced the dry style with one dazzling variety of offerings. ... |
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