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We Celebrate Oregon Terroir with the 2013 RMS Brut from Rollin Soles’ ROCO Winery

This month's wine, selected for its specific terroir, is the 2013 RMS Brut from Rollin Soles' ROCO Winery. We have a long-running resolution to toast each new month with a glass of sparkling wine. In recent years we've tried to set a theme for each year and 2020 is our year of terroir.

We're still sheltering in place so we were happy that our wine rack contained another great example of a winemaker who knows and uses the terroir of a specific place to create a great wine.

We've had the distinct pleasure of meeting Rollin Soles and years of pleasure drinking the wines he masterminds. (We borrowed this photo below from the ROCO Facebook page. We suggest you follow them to learn about their wine, their art gallery, and the many important causes they support)

When you go to the ROCO website and click on the vineyards tab, you'll find this at the top of the page:

"Every vineyard has its own microclimate, soil composition, slope, and relationship with the sun. When people speak of “terroir,” these unique attributes are what they’re talking about—the essence of a place captured in wine. At ROCO, we are keen on delivering the pleasure of place through the prism of vineyard-designated wines."

We first wrote about this wine last year. Click on the link below for more information and to read Rollin's winemakers notes.

Our November Sparkler Is 2013 RMS Brut from Rollin Soles' ROCO Winery

Trying wines from different places, made with different grapes, and produced by different methods adds spice to our monthly ritual. Since 2007 we have raised a glass of sparkling wine to greet each new month!

We purchase our bottle at Bauer Wine and Spirits for $29.99. If you want to keep track of what you paid for a bottle of wine and where you purchased it, we suggest writing on the bottle with these Sharpie Metallic Fine Point Permanent Markers. It works for us!

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photos: ©2020 Penny & Ed Cherubino

The photo of Rollin Souls is courtesy of ROCO Vineyards.

May 1, 2020
We’ll Raise a Glass of Ca’ di Rajo Lemoss Bianco Frizzante to October 2019

We are expecting good things from our October sparkler, Ca' di Rajo Lemoss Bianco Frizzante. It was a recommendation from Howie Rubin at Bauer Wine & Spirits. He's introduced us to many happy wine times across the years. It was good to welcome him back from his recent medical leave.

Howie said, "This wine ticks a lot of boxes." He's right and he knows our taste.

We love prosecco. Lemoss Bianco is made from 100% Glera grapes.

We love low alcohol. Lemoss Bianco checks in at 10.5% ABV

We enjoy a wine with a bit of personality. Lemoss Bianco is unfiltered and will be a bit cloudy in the glass.

We love a wine with a good story. This wine is made in an old method for Proseccos called Col Fondo. Here's a link to an article from Wine Spectator that explains the different methods of making sparkling wines. In brief they explain, "A col fondo Prosecco starts with a base wine, then there is a secondary fermentation, but the distinguishing feature is that the wine is not disgorged—that is, the lees are left inside the bottle."

We like easy to open wines. Lemoss Bianco has the crown cap that was put on for its second fermentation. It was never disgorged and changed to a cork.

We trust specific importers. This one was imported by one of our favorites, Oz Wines!

We purchased our bottle at Bauer Wine & Spirits.

Trying wines from different places, made with different grapes, and produced by different methods adds spice to our monthly ritual. Since 2007 we have raised a glass of sparkling wine to greet each new month!

Join us and raise a glass to October 2019!

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October 1, 2019
We’ll Raise a Glass of Ca’ di Rajo Lemoss Bianco Frizzante to October 2019

We are expecting good things from our October sparkler, Ca' di Rajo Lemoss Bianco Frizzante. It was a recommendation from Howie Rubin at Bauer Wine & Spirits. He's introduced us to many happy wine times across the years. It was good to welcome him back from his recent medical leave.

Howie said, "This wine ticks a lot of boxes." He's right and he knows our taste.

We love prosecco. Lemoss Bianco is made from 100% Glera grapes.

We love low alcohol. Lemoss Bianco checks in at 10.5% ABV

We enjoy a wine with a bit of personality. Lemoss Bianco is unfiltered and will be a bit cloudy in the glass.

We love a wine with a good story. This wine is made in an old method for Proseccos called Col Fondo. Here's a link to an article from Wine Spectator that explains the different methods of making sparkling wines. In brief they explain, "A col fondo Prosecco starts with a base wine, then there is a secondary fermentation, but the distinguishing feature is that the wine is not disgorged—that is, the lees are left inside the bottle."

We like easy to open wines. Lemoss Bianco has the crown cap that was put on for its second fermentation. It was never disgorged and changed to a cork.

We trust specific importers. This one was imported by one of our favorites, Oz Wines!

We purchased our bottle at Bauer Wine & Spirits.

Trying wines from different places, made with different grapes, and produced by different methods adds spice to our monthly ritual. Since 2007 we have raised a glass of sparkling wine to greet each new month!

Join us and raise a glass to October 2019!

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Photos: ©2019 Penny & Ed Cherubino

October 1, 2019
Toasting February with Another Longtime Friend, Raventos i Blanc de Nit

We will welcome February 2018 with a delightful cava, Raventos i Blanc de Nit. This will be a year of welcoming each new month with longtime friends. This cava was a gift from one of the first friends we made after we moved to Boston. He's also one of the friends who has joined our sparkling resolution to toast each new month with a glass of bubbles.

Our friend discovered Raventos i Blanc de Nit at a Bauer Wine & Spirits tasting, loved it, and decided it was something we would also love. However, when he placed his order, there was only one bottle left in stock. Being the sweet person he is, he bought the bottle and gave it to us.

We enjoyed our New Year's bottle of a longtime favorite so much that we have decided to make 2018 a year of rediscovering some of our favorite sparkling wines from across the years. (It will also help us enjoy the wine gathering dust in our collection. In our attempt to live a healthier life, we are drinking far less wine than we used to and our collection of sparklers keeps growing.)

The last time we enjoyed this wine, we were relaxing in Provincetown and enjoying the views from a special place on a rainy day.

Whether you have seen these sparklers before or are new to our monthly feature, we'll be linking to our past posts on each of them.

Join us as we raise a glass to celebrate the month ahead.

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February 1, 2018
Toasting February with Another Longtime Friend, Raventos i Blanc de Nit

We will welcome February 2018 with a delightful cava, Raventos i Blanc de Nit. This will be a year of welcoming each new month with longtime friends. This cava was a gift from one of the first friends we made after we moved to Boston. He's also one of the friends who has joined our sparkling resolution to toast each new month with a glass of bubbles.

Our friend discovered Raventos i Blanc de Nit at a Bauer Wine & Spirits tasting, loved it, and decided it was something we would also love. However, when he placed his order, there was only one bottle left in stock. Being the sweet person he is, he bought the bottle and gave it to us.

We enjoyed our New Year's bottle of a longtime favorite so much that we have decided to make 2018 a year of rediscovering some of our favorite sparkling wines from across the years. (It will also help us enjoy the wine gathering dust in our collection. In our attempt to live a healthier life, we are drinking far less wine than we used to and our collection of sparklers keeps growing.)

The last time we enjoyed this wine, we were relaxing in Provincetown and enjoying the views from a special place on a rainy day.

Whether you have seen these sparklers before or are new to our monthly feature, we'll be linking to our past posts on each of them.

Join us as we raise a glass to celebrate the month ahead.

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photos: © 2014-2018 Penny & Ed Cherubino

February 1, 2018
August Pops Open with Jo Landron Atmosphères Sparkling Wine from the Loire
We look at each new month as a gigantic bottle of sparkling wine just waiting to be uncorked!

And, since the label of our August bottle of bubbles from Jo Landron Atmosphères appears to feature a figure leaping with joy, as if launched from atop a just opened magnum, well … we couldn’t resist.

However coincidental all of the this may seem, our selection does remain true to our Sparkling Resolution of selecting a worthy wine to toast the arrival of a new month.

In 1990, when my father Pierre Landron retired, he told me, “Make quality, it will always pay off.” – Jo Landron

Jo Landron Atmosphères Sparkling Wine from the Loire is 80% Folle Blanche, 20% Pinot Noir has some tasty Tasting Notes to recommend it:
- The quintessence of freshness
- White peach combined with floral notes of jasmine
- Mineral notes driven by the ocean influence displaying saltiness
- Very refined bubbly and zesty finish.
(A Thomas Meunier Selection)
- distinctive minerality – vital and balanced
- perfectly acidic and rich in texture and beading
- fragrant notes of lemon zest and oil
- hints of red apple … strawberry
(Ooh, my favorite!)
- 100% Estate, biodynamically grown and hand harvested
- impressive depth and clarity
- racy citrus and fresh peachy fruit
- lots of rocky, earthy complexity
- deliciously bready texture
- crunchy fresh finish also makes it extremely food friendly
- label, designed by the unconventional French artist Michel Tolmer
Bibendum Wine Co.
- "The aromatics are … delicate, floral, with a white stone and white peach character …
- A very gentle palate
- some lightly honeyed fruit cast against a minerally background
- A very attractive wine, a delicately poised style, but with plenty of acid and grip to give it form."
Chris Kissack, winedoctor.com

Now you know why we can’t wait to try this highly praised wine!

And, as always, you’re invited to help us celebrate the arrival of a new month with all the hope and promise that it will be the very best ever! Here’s to August!

We purchased our bottle of Atmosphères Sparkling Wine at City Liquors in Cambridge for ~ $20.

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Our Sparkling Resolution

Our Sparkling Resolution Winner’s List

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photos: ©2017 Penny & Ed Cherubino
August 1, 2017
August Pops Open with Jo Landron Atmosphères Sparkling Wine from the Loire
We look at each new month as a gigantic bottle of sparkling wine just waiting to be uncorked!

And, since the label of our August bottle of bubbles from Jo Landron Atmosphères appears to feature a figure leaping with joy, as if launched from atop a just opened magnum, well … we couldn’t resist.

However coincidental all of the this may seem, our selection does remain true to our Sparkling Resolution of selecting a worthy wine to toast the arrival of a new month.

In 1990, when my father Pierre Landron retired, he told me, “Make quality, it will always pay off.” – Jo Landron

Jo Landron Atmosphères Sparkling Wine from the Loire is 80% Folle Blanche, 20% Pinot Noir has some tasty Tasting Notes to recommend it:
- The quintessence of freshness
- White peach combined with floral notes of jasmine
- Mineral notes driven by the ocean influence displaying saltiness
- Very refined bubbly and zesty finish.
(A Thomas Meunier Selection)
- distinctive minerality – vital and balanced
- perfectly acidic and rich in texture and beading
- fragrant notes of lemon zest and oil
- hints of red apple … strawberry
(Ooh, my favorite!)
- 100% Estate, biodynamically grown and hand harvested
- impressive depth and clarity
- racy citrus and fresh peachy fruit
- lots of rocky, earthy complexity
- deliciously bready texture
- crunchy fresh finish also makes it extremely food friendly
- label, designed by the unconventional French artist Michel Tolmer
Bibendum Wine Co.
- "The aromatics are … delicate, floral, with a white stone and white peach character …
- A very gentle palate
- some lightly honeyed fruit cast against a minerally background
- A very attractive wine, a delicately poised style, but with plenty of acid and grip to give it form."
Chris Kissack, winedoctor.com

Now you know why we can’t wait to try this highly praised wine!

And, as always, you’re invited to help us celebrate the arrival of a new month with all the hope and promise that it will be the very best ever! Here’s to August!

We purchased our bottle of Atmosphères Sparkling Wine at City Liquors in Cambridge for ~ $20.

And, Here’s More About:

Our Sparkling Resolution

Our Sparkling Resolution Winner’s List

What's on your Food Lover's Shopping List?

Details:

Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photos: ©2017 Penny & Ed Cherubino
August 1, 2017
Charles de Cazanove Rosé Champagne – One Happy Surprise!

Minutes before leaving for Provincetown, Penny quickly grabbed what she thought was a bottle of our favorite Charles de Cazanove brut from the wine rack. It wasn’t until we’d arrived on-Cape and had begun to unpack that she realized it was actually their rosé, which we hadn't tried.

After the long drive, we quickly settled in and treated ourselves to a couple of glasses of Charles de Cazanove Rosé Champagne.

Our first reaction, “Impressive!” Penny said this bubbly had, “a little bit of the yeasty flavor that I love in Bollinger and the flavor of the fruit without the sweetness of added dosage.”

Charles de Cazanove Rosé is a blend of 15% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir, 20% Pinot Meunier, 15% Côteaux Champenois Rouge.

The winemaker describes a “… volume, fullness and strength on the palate, with good substance.”

“This rosé has a lovely salmon-pink colour and delicious candied fruit and rose petal aromas.”

In a cocktail glass, I thought it looked like an inviting mixed drink. It was a great match with Chef José Andrés super light, olive oil potato chips.

We also had it with a good Cabot cheddar, some pretzel chips, and a fresh loaf of French bread.”

Charles de Cazanove Rosé Champagne, a very satisfying way to start a vacation and this new month. One Happy Surprise!

Here’s How Our Sparkling Resolution Began

Our Sparkling Resolution Winner’s List

(And, for those who came here seeking canine goodness, our Sunday Dog features will return next week. Here's a link to the past ones in case you really need a dose of dog.)

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photos: ©2015 Penny & Ed Cherubino

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