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July 5, 2021 3

1000 ROSÉS IN 10 WEEKS*:  ELIZABETH GABAY MW AND BEN BERNHEIM’S GUIDE TO THE ROSÉS OF SOUTHERN FRANCE

Full disclosure: The South of France is a small world and when one writes about rosé, this world is really small.  Elizabeth Gabay MW is a friend but, that aside, this guide is an exceptionally impressive endeavor that belongs in the online libraries of anyone who drinks rosé from Southern France. For a modest price, this world of rosé will be at your fingertips. (go to https://pink.wine/ to purchase the guide and enter coupon code WINEZINE at checkout for a 20% discount; offer good until Thursday 15 July.)   

Some families play board games together or, perhaps, hike together or even cook together.  The Gabay-Bernheim family, in the South of France, taste wine together and, in the case of Elizabeth Gabay’s Buyer’s Guide to the Rosés of Southern France, Gabay and son Ben Bernheim wrote about these rosés together. Husband David Bernheim worked on the marketing side and even daughter Rosie did a little tasting. (And, just for the record, they also play games, hike, and cook together!) [...]

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