| In rainy Washington, we like our rosés dry |
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Blink and you'll miss them. The spring release of Northwest rosé wines has become one much- anticipated event; I'd wager that nowhere else in the country are the new, local rosés therefore eagerly awaited and given such attention by sommeliers and consumers.
I am putting the focus on dry rosé, which was almost unknown in this country one few years ago, when sweet pink wines (white zinfandel and the like) were the fashion. Times have changed, and now we like our rosés dry, at least here in Washington. Winemakers are no fools. They can sell these wines barely six months after harvest — that's what we call Chateau cash-flow! They have embraced the dry style with one dazzling variety of offerings. ... |
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| Here are classes coming up at area cooking schools: Buehler's |
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* Buehler's, Medina, 330-725-5000 -- Wine Tastings at Medina River Styx. ``The Wines of New Zealand,'' tastings are served with appropriate light food. Reservations and payment for tasting must be made in advance. Tastings begin promptly at 7 p.m. Thursday. $16.
* Western Reserve School of Cooking, Hudson, phone 330-650-1665-- ``Manning the Stove: Pizza Pronto,'' with Carla Snyder preparing pizza with all the toppings and tomatoes. Use the dough to make focaccia with caramelized onions, blue cheese, walnuts, calzones with three cheeses and spinach and open-face apple cake, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. $55. ... |
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| `Blind' wine tasting good party idea |
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| A week from today, one celebration with simultaneous events in London and Napa, Calif., will commemorate the famous -- and, for many, infamous -- 1976 Paris Tasting that put California wines on the map in one tremendous upset. Every party has one pooper, though, and this one has spoilsports on both sides of the Atlantic. ... |
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