As much as I love the color pink, I am quite picky when it comes to rosé wines. In general, I don’t like my wines sticky-sweet or too fruit forward. So it can be a challenge for me to find and enjoyable rosé — especially at a local grocery store. Enter Chateau de Campuget 2015 Rosé…
After my private tasting at Betwixt Wines, winemaker Tim and his wife Melissa were kind enough to send me home with a few complimentary bottles. It must have been my reaction when I sipped on their 2014 Grenache from Monterey County’s Boer Vineyard that made Melissa insist I take home this bottle…
Ya’ll, just within the last week, I’ve gotten several comments about how much everyone is enjoying my content. Thanks. Thanks a bunch. I guess I’ll keep on going. That being said, would also love to hear what else you’d like to read/hear/see from me. Open to any and all suggestions.
And that said, know that I’m taking a bit of a hiatus. By the time you read this, I’ll have set up all of my away messages, packed my bags and am on my way toward an extended vacation to Japan. Stoked—I’ve never been any where in Asia before and as I understand it, all my senses are in for a glorious treat. I’d say ‘follow me on all the socials,’ and not that you can’t…definitely do!…but who knows what service will be like where I’m going, so as much as one wants to share in real time, it’s not always possible. And for that, I’m a bit grateful—it makes one practice living in the moment.
So please enjoy this last little update of the early summer season.
Silly comments, random thoughts, snide remarks…all my own. ✌️🥂
Welcome back. I bring to you another round up of this week’s interesting wine-news find. There’s a lot—a lot. So take your time, enjoy, and remember:
I think that sometimes we get a little too precious about our wine pairings. Too focused on the ‘perfect’ pairing. Too fussed on which days are ‘ok’ to have a glass of wine (or two!) with dinner. Blah blah blah. Now I’m not saying I drink every night—sometimes one wants a break; sometimes one wants to drink something not wine (*gasp*) and that’s all a-ok too. But I recently cleaned out my wine cellar and dedicated one whole section to ‘weeknight drinking.’ Meaning, any day of the week either I or the man should be able to walk in and choose something and it should be fine. Choose something based on the food, the mood, the weather. Close your eyes point and say ‘ok.’ (Um…maybe not that last one…).
The following is a list of some of our weeknight pairings. These are not reviews of specific wines/wine brands per se. More my/our comments on styles of wines that, for us, seem to par well with classic Briscoe mid-week meals. The perfect pairings? Probably not? But, isn’t the perfect pairing the pairing you’re enjoying at the moment anyway? (Answer: yes.)
