Villa Wolf 2015 Pinot Blanc, Phaltz, Germany.

Very refreshing and bright. Flavors of apple and pear. Light weight and crisp. Great summer time sipper. Best with a light chill. $12.00.

I've had a few Villa Wolf roses. at the risk of sounding stoopid, is this also a rose, perhaps exactly what I enjoyed last summer?

No, a refreshing white, not common here, but very common in Germany and Italy. I think you would like it.

I'll look around.

We spoke of Phaltz last Summer. I think you taught me that the area produces reds that could work slightly chilled...

Right, you are likely to find a Pinot Blanc from Alsace, that is the primary region for Pinot Blanc.

2015 Attenaler Valley of the Monkey Pinot Noir Rose from Baden, Germany. . Very nice, with a slight cherry tartness/sweetness on the finish belying the Pinot.

is that where you were born?

Good question. But, no, as much as I'd like to be from the Valley of the Monkeys, I have far more pedestrian origins.

Does that have the embossed monkey on the bottle, maybe a bronze color? If so I have had their Pinot Noir. It was light, but very nice. A summertime sipper, probably with a light chill.

It does indeed. The rose was nice, quite chilled. Mrs Monkey only had one glass, I had two. We'll finish it up tomorrow.

Oh, and I said 2015, but that appears to be the bottling date rather than vintage. I couldn't find a true vintage statement. Not sure what that means....

Typically on a Rose bottled in 2015 would mean the vintage was 2014.

D'arenberg Stump Jump Shiraz, Australia.

Loads of fruit blackberry and dark cherry. Dark chocolate and white pepper. A hint of vannila on the finish. $12.00

^ Their Dead Arm is good juice.

La Granja Tempranillo, Spain

Cocobon red blend, California.

late afternoon yesterday...
Rose de Chevalier 2016 (Bordeaux Rose)

2012 Gravely Ford Zinfandel. Meh.

just can't do zins when it's warm outside...

It was only about 85 here today. Still big red season.

well, when you put it that way...

I do love a big red 2/3 of the year, but I have been trending toward pinot noirs and the like the last 2 years or so. and them roses have been crazy...and I never spend much on them. Hit or miss, but even a miss can be refreshing for me.