{"id":6252,"date":"2012-01-24T00:28:59","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T00:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/?p=6252"},"modified":"2012-01-24T00:29:39","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T00:29:39","slug":"3-tips-for-buying-the-roses-of-provence-pair-with-salmon-roast-chicken-asian-dishes-and-salads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/3-tips-for-buying-the-roses-of-provence-pair-with-salmon-roast-chicken-asian-dishes-and-salads\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Tips for Buying the Ros\u00e9s of Provence + Pair with Salmon, Roast Chicken, Asian Dishes and Salads"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The last chapter of my new book Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World\u2019s Best Bargain Wines<\/strong><\/a> is about the lovely ros\u00e9s of Provence. I was fortunate not only to sample many mouth-watering, bone-dry, food-friendly ros\u00e9s, but I also cooked a multi-course meal with one winemaker and met the ros\u00e9-drinking donkey of another. (You\u2019ll just have to read the book : )<\/p>\n

Here are my top tips for finding great ros\u00e9s in your local liquor store, no matter where you live.<\/p>\n

Cheers,<\/p>\n

Natalie<\/p>\n

My Top 3 Insider Tips to Finding Tasty Ros\u00e9s<\/strong><\/p>\n

Forget those notions of pink wine being sweet: today’s ros\u00e9s are bone-dry and refreshing. With Provence, you’re guaranteed to get a dry ros\u00e9 because they don\u2019t make a sweet style or even an off-dry one at all.<\/p>\n

Look for categories of wine like ros\u00e9 that have never been taken seriously by connoisseurs, and always considered lightweights. You’ll find pleasure at a pittance there.<\/p>\n

Ros\u00e9 is best served chilled, as it’s more refreshing. So here’s a tip that will give wine snobs a coronary: if your wine’s too warm, drop an ice cube in it for 10 seconds, then scoop it out. It has an immediate chilling effect and doesn’t dilute the flavours\u2014and after all, we’re not trying to ice Ch\u00e2teaux Margaux, just an everyday good value wine. Consider this your license to chill.<\/p>\n

My Top 3 Ros\u00e9s to Try<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Gassier Ros\u00e9 Sables D’azur, C\u00f4tes De Provence, France<\/a><\/strong>: Pure loveliness in a glass! Summer sunshine glinting off the Mediterranean. Let this wine take you there. Ripe field strawberries and raspberries. Don\u2019t run out. Drink as an aperitif or pair with: cucumber sandwiches, lighter seafood, salads. 33621\u00a0 $14.95\u00a0 Score: 90\/100<\/p>\n

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Bandol Ros\u00e9 Cuv\u00e9e Grande Tradition La Cadierenne, Provence, France<\/strong><\/a>: Lovely and light with expressive notes of strawberry fields forever. Good acidity and great for food. Pair with: herbed chicken, seared tuna. 119453\u00a0 $17.95\u00a0 Score: 90\/100<\/p>\n

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Ch\u00e2teau La Tour De L’\u00e9v\u00eaque Ros\u00e9, C\u00f4tes De Provence, France<\/strong><\/a>: Pretty, classic and aromatic of with strawberries and raspberries. Mouth-watering and light- to medium-bodied. Pair with: grilled shrimp with homemade aioli , scallops pan-seared with butter and garlic. 319392\u00a0 $18.95\u00a0 Score: 89\/100<\/p>\n

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You\u2019ll also find these wines and others on my free mobile wine app<\/strong><\/a> for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android and Blackberry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The last chapter of my new book Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World\u2019s Best Bargain Wines is about the lovely ros\u00e9s of Provence. I was fortunate not only to sample many mouth-watering, bone-dry, food-friendly ros\u00e9s, but I also cooked a multi-course meal with one winemaker and met the ros\u00e9-drinking donkey of another. (You\u2019ll just have to read the book : ) Here are my top tips for finding great ros\u00e9s in your local liquor store, no matter where you live. Cheers, Natalie My Top 3 Insider Tips to Finding Tasty Ros\u00e9s Forget those notions of pink wine being sweet: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,5,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-unquenchable","category-books-wine","category-wine-picks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6252"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6413,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6252\/revisions\/6413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}