This is a great time for a pink sparkling wine. Actually, the colour is more of what the French call “eye of the partridge.” A delicious, light-bodied bubbly, with a nose of raspberries and violets and a taste that’s dry, with raspberry and tobacco leaf flavours. A very versatile food wine as well as an excellent aperitif. Well-priced when you consider rosé champagne. Food match: cold salmon, chicken salad.
$18.95 (Vintages # 48793)
Post City Magazines’ wine columnist, Tony Aspler, has written 14 books on wine and food. Tony also created the Ontario Wine Awards. He can be heard on 680News.
