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Summertime, The Season For Dry Rose Wines

We’re beginning the blog in the summertime, in the highest heat wave to hit the Northeast US in 9 years. In NYC, we’re seeing triple digits on our thermometers. Only three days have been warmer than yesterday since 1870. It’s hot, folks.

So, naturally besides dunking our heads in ice water, we’re thinking about dry rose wines. Thinking is kind of a tame word, actually. Dreaming is closer. Craving captures some of the urgency…

But summer also brings the one thing that competes with rosé wines in our affection, that briefer-than-even-rosebuds orb: the tomato. Many of them, actually. Armies of them. The rest of the year, they’re pink cardboard, come summer, they’re our bright heaven.

Trouble is, not that many wines pair well with fresh tomatoes.

Here’s where we get really, really happy. The perfect wine for pairing with summer’s juciest fresh tomatoes?

Dry rose wines, with the earthy, spicy, fruitiness of red wine and the crispness of white, set off sweet, zippy tomatoes in every way.

The menu in our home is going to be variations on this theme for the foreseeable future. Tonight, a French tomato tart and a dry rose wine sure to be both rich and refreshing. Dinner will start early and end late. You’re invited. Want to know what to bring?

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Posted on: Monday, July 12th, 2010 at 9:00 am

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