May 14th, 2012 
Georgina
Now that spring is here and the sunny days of summer are quickly approaching, it’s all about Rose for me. The versatile and beautiful cameleon that pairs well with almost everything. For Mother’s Day, we enjoyed three Roses: Hearst Ranch Chridhe 2011 (51% Tempranillo, 26% Syrah, 23% Malbec), Domaine de al Fouquette Cuvee Rosee d’ Aurore 2011 (65% Grenche, 30% Cinsault, 5% Rose); and a gift brought back from Provence, Chateau Beaupre. I served my highly anticipated mango pollock cerviche; spinach & ricotta lasagna; salad of frise and epoisse; and for dessert we had butterscotch blondies with chocolate chunks with Claiborne & Churchill’s Port Obispo (which one friend described as “better than a chapter in Shades of Gray“).
Beside me on my desk, I’m left with cards and flyers I picked up, with only muddled recollections of why I grabbed them, my stained digits being my only clues. Sometimes it isn’t easy to match the memorable sips to the logos on the business cards the day after, but that’s all part of the experience if you ask me. A tasting event of this magnitude isn’t so much about discovering new wines you like, as much as it is discovering the one you’re still thinking about the morning after. (Vino Noceto 2011 pinot grigio, Amador County, Shenandoah Valley.) 
