Posts Tagged ‘rose’
Announcing NYCR Tasting Reports: Starting with 2012 Rosé
One of my top goals for this website in 2013 is the addition of vintage and tasting reports that span regions for a variety of grapes or styles of wine. The idea of a comprehensive tasting (or tastings) for — say 2010 mer...
Bedell Cellars 2011 “TASTE” Rose
Rose isn’t relegated to spring and summer duty in my house. We drink it year round and as long as its dry (or nearly so depending on how balanced any residual sugar is), we’re usually pretty happy. I don’t exp...
Harvest 2012: Merlot for Rose at Paumanok Vineyards
Winemaker Kareem Massoud is going to send along some harvest data today (or perhaps he can just drop it into the comments below) but Paumanok Vineyards harvested 2012 merlot for rose yesterday.
Macari Vineyards 2011 Rose
Mostly a kitchen-sink saigniee, the Macari Vineyards 2011 Rose ($15) also has just over 10% steel-fermented chardonnay blended into it. Fruity aromas of watermelon, red cherry and peach dominate straightforward nose. Medium-lig...
Shinn Estate Vineyards 2011 Rose
Simple aromas of watermelon and strawberry seem to fade on the palate, which lacks fruit, particularly for the amount of skin and seed tannin here. Though fresh, with nice acidity, it seems bitter and unbalanced. Better with f...
What We Drank: July 17, 2012
This week’s ‘What We Drank’ is short, but delicious. This is what some of our editors and contributors have been drinking… Tracy Weiss: Domaine Ricard Touraine 2011 Le P’tit Rosé There’s n...
Wolffer Estate Vineyards 2011 Rose
Wolffer Estate Vineyards and winemaker Roman Roth are known for producing some of the East Coast’s best chardonnay and merlot. But it is this wine, the Wolffer Estate Vineyards 2011 Rose ($16), that is probably the winery...
Rosé Means Dry? In the Finger Lakes, a New Idea Gains Momentum
Finger Lakes winemaker Vinny Aliperti is taking on Shakespeare, whether he knows it or not. It was The Bard who famously wrote, in Romeo & Juliet, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” It was his typi...
2009 Harvest Update: Jamesport Vineyards
By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief Photos courtesy of Jamesport Vineyards Getting in touch with winery owners and grape growers is always a challenge this time a year. They've got more pressing (pun intended) things t...
Corey Creek Vineyards 2008 Domaines CC Rose
By Lenn Thompson, Founder and Editor-in-Chief For some reason, we haven't been drinking as much rose around the house this summer as we normally do. I'm not sure why, exactly, but this wine was a nice reminder of why we...
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