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stuart Cellars
LIFE
33515 Rancho california Road
Hours: 10am - 5pm UN-
Info: call (951) 676-6414
CORKEd
Web:
stuartcellars.com
everythinG's
thornton Winery
32575 Rancho california Road cominG Up rosÉs
Hours: 11am - 5 pm
By CInDy LEMos
Info: call (951) 699-0099
Web:
thorntonwine.com
Growing up with a mom whose wine of choice was
Wiens FaMily Cellars
35055 Via Del Ponte
Sutter Home’s White Zinfandel, I understand the
Hours: 10am - 5pm shudder that passes through many a wine aficionado
Info: call (951) 694-9892
at the mere mention of a rosé (also known as blush)
Web:
wienscellars.com
wine. Right or wrong (and here I make my case for
Wilson Creek
wrongly so), rosés have earned a reputation for being
Winery & Vineyards
35960 Rancho california Road
a sweet pink wine not to be taken seriously. But today,
Hours: 10am - 5pm
the varietal’s new, drier breeds and cool, refreshing
Info: call (951) 699-9463
Web:
wilsoncreekwinery.com
taste—perfect for partnering with a variety of foods
in ways that ordinary reds or whites can’t—is making
{NORTH SAN DIEGO}
pink the wine to drink come summertime.
Belle Marie Winery
Traditionally, blush wine is achieved by crushing
26312 Mesa Rock Road,
red wine grapes and removing the juice from the
Escondido
Hours: 11am – 5pm
grape skins. (A red wine gets it’s depth of color
Info: call (760) 796-7557 by exposure to the skins after the crush.) Time spent with the skins varies depending on a
Web:
bellemarie.com
winemaker’s color preference for the final wine. In the case of a blush wine, this can be no time at
deer park Winery
all—resulting in a pale pink flush—to days, if a dense saturation of color is desired.
29013 champagne Blvd.,
At Robert Renzoni Vineyards in Temecula, I recently discovered a blush wine sure to sway
Escondido
Hours: 10am – 5pm
my mom to the boutique wine side! La Rosa, named after Robert’s grandmother Rose, is a well-
Info: call (760) 749-1666 balanced, (read: not sickly sweet) wine bursting with flavors of strawberry, cranberry and pink
grapefruit. Crushed from Sangiovese grapes, the wine exhibits a gorgeous salmon pink color
FallBrook Winery
2554 Via Rancheros, Fallbrook
resulting from 24 hours on the skins.
Hours: 10am - 4pm/Wkds by appt.
In contrast, Temecula Hills’ blush wine Vigeant was made by mixing the Rhone red vari-
Info: call (760) 728-0156
Web:
fallbrookwinery.com
etal Mourvedre together with the Rhone white Viognier. The resulting wine’s crisp, fruity-
spicy flavor reminds me of my year in Deutschland as an exchange student when my host
Ferrara Winery
1120 W. 15th Ave. Escondido
family would make bowle by soaking strawberries in red wine for a day. Try Vigeant paired
Hours: 10am – 5pm with spicy Thai or Spanish tapas.
Info: call (760) 745-7632
The secret to enjoying a glass of wine on a hot summer day is good chilling. While this practice
Web:
ferrarawinery.com
rejects such popular wines as Cabernet and Merlot, I recently came across a great, soon-to-be-
orFila Vineyards & Winery
bottled alternative for the red wine drinker. Although technically a white wine, Wiens Family
13455 San Pasqual Rd., Escondido
Hours: 10am – 6 pm
Cellars' Solace presents a tropical nose (from the Viognier in its blend); a buttery character, hint
Info: call (760) 738-6500 of grapefruit and nice tannin structure (from its Chardonnay) and finishes with a delightful
Web:
orfila.com
gumdrop flavor (from it's Roussanne.) An incredibly versatile “bridge” wine, Solace is equally at
tWin oaks Valley Vintners
home served with grilled rosemary-garlic game hens as it is with grilled tri-
735 East Mission Rd., San Marcos
tip (sans salsa.)
Hours: 11am – 4pm
Info: call (760) 471-9192
…So find a shady tree, grab your favorite bottle of rosé and chill. There
may be no better way to beat the heat this summer!
For a printable wine tasting
cindy lemos, a.k.a. “the Winogal” is a wine aficionado and the former
map of temecula and north
sommelier at the Ahwahnee hotel in Yosemite valley. For more
San diego wineries, visit
information on cindy’s private tasting parties and customized Wine
myundertheSun.com.
country tours, email cindy at
cindy@Winogal.com or visit
winogal.com.
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