“This is what dry rosé is all about.”

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Since rebooting Tasting Notes from the Underground this past February, I’ve reviewed no fewer than 10 dry rosés. We’re unabashed fans of this style, and take great pleasure in trying examples from all around the world. Happily, there is a boatload of the stuff available around here, and a lot of it is pretty good. What’s more, it seems like every retailer has at least a few selections that the last place I stopped at didn’t, so there’s always something new to try.

I picked these two bottles up last week at Plum Market West Bloomfield. I was checking the first one out when my friend Paula Hartson, who was working in the department, came up and confirmed my suspicion that I was eying a good one. She then also recommended the Slovenian rosé, telling me, “Those are my two George wines for the day!”

That Paula, she always hits the mark when it comes to suggesting the kind of wines I like to drink!
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