Category: Rose´
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For Poolside Sipping: Two Bargain Trader Joe’s Rosés
These two rosés from Trader Joe’s couldn’t be more different. But at well under $10 each, that doesn’t mean you won’t love them both! Fast facts: 2018 Trader Joe’s Petit Reserve Rosé, Napa Valley ($5.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) 2018 St. Sagnol Rosé, Provence, France ($6.99 @Trader Joe’s, California) A wise person once quipped: “all wine…
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Everything is Coming Up Rosés at Costco
Fast facts: 2017 Seaglass Monterey County Rosé ($7.99 @Costco; California) 2017 Benziger Winery North Coast Rosé ($9.99@Costco; California) We are enjoying a short spell of early summer-like weather (temps in the mid 80s) here in SoCal, so last night my wife and I sat poolside and put these two wines to the test to see which one…
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Spring is coming, rosé is calling. Trader Joe’s answers…
Fast facts: 2017 Reserve des Chastelles Rosé, Tavel, France ($8.99 @Trader Joe’s; California) It has been an unusually cold and wet winter here in California (I am not looking for any sympathy from those of you that get “real” winter weather, but it’s relative, right?) and thus the past two months of wine recommendation on this…
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Ring in the New Year, Without Breaking the Bank!
Fast facts: NV Trader Joe’s Reserve Brut Rose´ North Coast, California ($9.99 @Trader Joe’s; California) NV Kirkland Champagne Brut ($19.99 @Costco, California) If you still need some bubbles to toast the passage of 2018 and celebrate the arrival of 2019, we – and Trader Joe’s and Costco – have you covered. Here are two sparkling…
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A Swan Song to Summer Sipping?
Fast facts: 2016 Noble Vines Central Coast (California) Rosé $9.99 (@Costco, California) 2016 Miralta Monterey (California) Rosé $8.99 (@Costco, California) Here we are, literally on the eve of autumn. I sort of love/hate this time of year. I am grateful for the cooler temperatures, and get excited by the harvest of the 2018 vintage here in wine country.…
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TJ’s Battle of the Blush
Fast facts: 2017 Moonlight and Roses Coteaux d’ Aix-en- Provence Rosé $8.99 (@Trader Joe’s, California) 2017 La Coqueluche Vin de Pays d’Oc Rosé $5.99 (@Trader Joe’s, California) Something about the month of May, and (call me a sexist) Mothers Day signals the start of the rosé wine season to me, although here is California, there are…