2012 Belleruche Côtes du Rhône Rose: One of My Favorites

Want some Rose and stuck in front of the shelf in doubt? This one wouldn't ever be a mistake. M. Chapoutier is the biggest producer in Southern Rhône region. And for the reason, Whether you want red, white or rose, his Côtes du Rhône is for you.
I don't want to give scores to the wines. There are people out there who can do it better. Let's say that this one is on the top of my list of Côtes du Rhône rose, and also one of the best rose wines.
2012 somewhat lighter than great 2010, but still excellent. Good for pairing with any seafood. I know some people pair rose with veal or poultry, but I prefer reds with those.

Saint Sidoine Rose 2013: Rose how it should be

One of the best Rose wines I've ever tasted. Complex for the price: mixed, or like winemakers call it, married four varieties of grapes: grenache, cinsault, mourvedre, syrah. Perfect pairing for any seafood. I enjoyed it with seafood paella. It's surprisingly cheap in US: under $10, when most Provence Rose wines are in range of $13-$15.

Sweet Start: Commandaria

I write about things I love. And I love wine. Doing a lot of wine research, I found out that there is a lot of wines in the world which are unknown or little known for Internet audience. I know, I know, preferred beverage on the Net is beer. I also like a beer, sometimes. But I always prefer wine to beer. And this blog is about wines I like.

I decided to start this blog with wine mostly unknown in US. Here it is:

One of the oldest dessert wines in the world: Commandaria from Cyprus. Sweet Cyprus wine was mentioned by ancient Greek authors.
Most dessert wines in the world are fortified, i.e. the process of fermentation is stopped by adding alcohol to wine. Commandaria is different: it's made of special varieties of grapes, overriped and left in the sun to dry a little bit. As a result, juice contains a lot of sugar and fermentation stopped when alcohol level reaches 15% volume and yeasts die, still leaving some sugar in the wine.
Result is a sweet light dessert wine. Very different from any other.

There are three major producers of Commandaria on Cyprus.
Loel makes Comandaria Alasia (picture above).
Keo: Commandaria St. John
Etko: Commandaria St. Nicolas

Avoid Keo, wines from Loel and Etko are much better. Loel is my favorite, but Etko comes close second.

2010 Gergenti: would never drink again

I like Sangiovese. I adore Nero d'Avola, great Sicilian wine. That's why I bought this bottle. Would never drink it again. It's abomination. If I want sweet wine, I would buy some desert one. I know that some people in US like table wine with a lot of sugar, they might like it. To me, table wine can't be sweet.