Provençal Pairings: Wine with Food Pink Wine of the Earth
Pink wine of the earth. That is what Randall Grahm calls his rosé. Its official name is Vin Gris de Cigare. The reference to “cigare,” a French term for flying saucer, is a nod to the 1954 law in the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation which outlawed flying saucers from flying over the vineyards. Vin Gris typically refers to a very, very light rosé wine that results from next-to no maceration time (compared to the traditional rosé methods).
Seven grapes come “to the table” to create this wine; together, they make a unique and delicious rosé. But I am getting ahead of myself… [...]