You know I like rosé, right? I like rosé. The wine. I like it a lot. The rosé wines.
So I hosted a blind tasting party! And by blind I mean, we were blindfolded. I didn’t jab my guest’s eyeballs out upon arrival. Contrary to popular belief, I’m not that kind of person.
I had a handful of my local Gaggle besties over, and we sipped six different (dry) rosés. They all ranged from $10 to $18 and were paired with some crazy delish Wisconsin cheeses. We basically plowed our way through all six wines on a crisp, flawless Saturday afternoon. Oh hi, perfection.
This is how I play the safety game, you guys. Bottles of water.
I also started us with tiny sipping glasses (just rinsed out chocolate mousse jars from my neighborhood French bakery, boom). And then once the tasting was over, I had a tray of slightly bigger, drinking jars.
I DIY-ed some tags for each bottle (number stickers on thick, white cards), and typed up simple note cards to fill out for each wine.
One of my gal pals is preggolicious, so she took over as our official pourer, which worked out great, since we were all blindfolded! See, I wanted our eyes covered because I didn’t want the color of the wine to sway our tastical opinions. Because I’ve always heard that the deeper the color, the more floral the wine will be. And the more pale the color, the drier.
The cheeses!
Here’s the list, so you can do the same for your rosé party that you’re clearly going to host next weekend: Monterey Jack (surprisingly perfect with rosé), Marieke Gouda (I wanted to die in it), Chipotle Cheddar (unexpected, but super delightful), Pleasant Ridge Reserve (marry me?), Brie (heavens, yes) and Gorgonzola (staaaaaaanky and wonderful).
Um, I highly, highly recommend hosting your own rosé tasting party. Even it’s still chilly, have your gals bring over some wine and have it indoors on a huge blanket in front of a fire. So cozy! Or if it’s warm, have it outside in your garden mulch. Whatever makes you weepy. Just have it. And invite me over.
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