Week after week, wine reps bring me tremendously great bottles of wine. Some of them are white. Others red.
Some, believe it or not, are pink.
The problem is that I can't get anybody to try them if it isn't on the tasting. Some wine drinkers want to try it because it's pink. The first thing they ask about a rosé is this: "Is it sweet?" On the flipside, there are some who won't try it because it's pink. To those, I usually try this one: "Pink is a color, not a taste." I like it. It sounds cute. But it never works.
At its best, rosé can offer the luscious red fruit of red wine and the fresh, lean, thirst-quenching vibrancy of white. Doesn't that sound good at this time of year?
I cracked a bottle of Spanish rosé made from garnacha (aka grenache) the other day. Drank it with a light dinner of spring greens with balsamic, dried cherries, almonds and grilled chicken. Heavenly! The bottle of wine, the Artazuri Rosé, was a great deal, to boot!
On behalf of rosé producers (and peddlers) everywhere: give a bottle a try. For about 10 beans, you can have a wonderful bottle of wine.
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