This past Sunday I visited my brother, Jay (who goes by John now), under the pretense that we are drinking down on our wine inventories (so that we can buy more, of course). I brought a bottle of 2008 Antinori Scalabrone Bolgheri Rosato (see related post), and we also opened a bottle of his 2007 [...]
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Wine hospitality
Posted in Antinori Tenuta Guado Al Tasso Scalabrone Rosato, Brunello, Italian whites, rosé, Spirited Occasions, tagged Antinori Scalabrone Bolgheri Rosato, Il Poggione Brunello di Montalcino, Kendall Jackson Chardonnay, Tenuta San Guido Le Difese on August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Rosés Right Now
Posted in Antinori Tenuta Guado Al Tasso Scalabrone Rosato, Beer, rosé, tagged Antinori Scalabrone Bolgheri Rosato, Crush, Il Convenino Rosato del Conventino, Jay McInerney, Languedoc, Laurent-Perrier, Per Linda Montepulciano D'Abruzzo, Provence, Roger Coulon, The Wall Street Journal, Veuve Clicquot, Williams Seylem on June 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The timing of Jay McInerney’s June 5/6 column in The Wall Street Journal, “For Summer, Think Pink,” coincided with a few rosé tastings of my own. I’ve long enjoyed dry sparkling rosés from producers such as Veuve Clicquot, Roger Coulon and Laurent-Perrier, but I’m coming across more still wines that are palate-pleasing. A few months [...]
Run for the rosés
Posted in Long Island Wineries, rosé, wine tours, tagged Antinori Tenuta Guado Al Tasso Scalabrone Rosato, Kentucky Derby, Long Island Vineyards, rosé on May 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Today may have been the “Run for the Roses” at Churchill Downs, but in New York May marks the annual Run for the Rosés, at which time 20 Long Island wineries will debut their 2009 vintage. The idea behind Long Island’s Run for the Rosés is to inspire thoughts of summer. Participating wineries will offer [...]
