Not All Rose Wine Are Created Equal
La Nuit En Rose
By: Philip S. Kampe - May 22, 2017
Terlato at La Nuit en Rose
Every year, I receive an invite to attend the La Nuit en Rose cruise event that embarks from Pier 40 on New York’s Hudson River.
The Pier is just blocks away from the hustling Houston Street area, where you can find swanky and hip shops, restaurants of all sorts and an array of festive and dive bars. If you look towars the sky, you will see rooftop bars that feature views of Manhattan’s skyline.
Normally, when I board the Hornblower for the Rose wine cruise, I find a group of friends and hang out with them for the four hour event.
This year was a little different.
I received an invitation to attend a ‘Special VIP Passport Tasting’ of Roses from Terlato Wines portfolio.
Terlato is a company that is an innovator in pursuing interesting, dynamic wines.
Terlato is also an innovator in marketing, hence the Passport tasting. If you have a Passport, you can travel the world, and that is what the international Rose tasting of wines was about.
The top floor of the boat was set-up only for VIP’s. The goal was to sample their array of Rose wines from around the world. The wines were each paired with a gourmet appetizer. The pairing of the rose with the appetizer raised the bar a notch higher. It was obvious a lot of thought went into the selections-which paid off immediately.
The wines that were represented at this phenomenal tasting included:
Sanford Rose of Pinot Noir Sta. Rita Hills 2016 (USA)
Belleruche Rose Cotes-Du-Rhone 2016 (France)
Il Poggione Brancato Rosato Montalcino 2016 (Italy)
Protea Protea Rose Western Cape 2016 (South Africa)
Bodegas Valdemar Conde Valdemar Rose Rioja 2016 (Spain)
Mathilde Chapoutier Rose ‘Grand Ferrage’ Cotes De Provence 2016 (France)
Terlato Wines illustrated and educated attendees that not all Roses are the same.
Were one to teach a class each of these wines would illustrate how universally the French term Rose may be applied.