Wine Food Pairing

For many years now, pale rosés have been the fashion; summer in a bottle, refreshing, and, like white shoes, not to be seen after Labor Day. This year, though, the trend is to seek the darker rosés — gastronomic rosés — that will age well and can be served year round, even on the odd snowy afternoon. We, at the Provence WineZine have never simply followed a trend; we have written about several of the darker rosés and even discussed aging them. We have always averred that rosé is not just for summer, thought it is nice and refreshing and we have been known to serve it with something hot off the grill.

Like today, for example. I grilled a stuffed pork chop and served it with a Gigondas rosé. While not as dark as some, it does have have a lovely deep color. When Susan and Towny were here last Christmas, we opened a bottle of this same wine and enjoyed it thoroughly with a chicken b’stila … yes, midwinter. But back to my Grilled Chop with Mountain Herbs. This is definitely a sunny, summery dish and the Gigondas paired beautifully with the grilled meat and intense... [...]