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April 25, 2026 4

Provençal Pairings: Wine with Food

Her Colors Are Pink and Pink

In Steel Magnolias, the ladies in the beauty shop were asking Shelby (Julia Roberts) what her wedding colors would be “Blush and Bashful,” was her response, to which her mother (Sally Field) retorted, “Her colors are pink and pink.” And, today, we have another case of “pink and pink” — pink shrimp and pink wine. I paired a beautiful rosé from Mas de Cadenet with Goan Shrimp Curry; get the recipe on Cocoa & Lavender. The wine is a beautiful salmon-pink (dare I say shrimp-pink?) with a bright, fresh nose of red fruit, spice, and a hint of banana. Have I ever told you that the aroma of banana is usually a sign that I will like a rosé? Have any of you ever smelled banana from a... [...]

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  Gabay and Bernheim’s Rosés of Southern France should be in your wine library

  The recent publication of Rosés of Southern France is cause for great celebration among casual rosé drinkers and oenophiles alike. Elizabeth Gabay MW and Ben Bernheim have written an engaging and comprehensive book that not surprisingly centers on Provence rosé but it also includes rosés from all other neighboring regions in the South of France. Their depth of... [...]
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  ON THIS NEW YEAR’S EVE, I LET THE WINE TRANSPORT ME TO ANOTHER TIME AND PLACE

  If ever I wanted a wine to transport me, as a good wine can do, it was this past New Year’s Eve.  By the time 2021 was mercifully drawing to a close – amidst sky-rocketing COVID rates, fires burning more than 500 homes in Boulder, Colorado, record snowfall in California, record heat in parts of France, unprecedented threats to... [...]

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