July 24 Rose Club: Italian Rosato

Despite a long tradition of making highly rated rosé, both Italian production and consumption of rosato, as they call it,  has been falling since 2000. Not many bottlings make it to the United States either,...

October 2023 Rose Club: Austrian and German Roses

October 2023 Why should beer drinkers own October? Though Austria and Germany are most famous wine-wise for their white bottlings - Gruner Veltliner and Riesling primarily - these Central European neighbors both produce a decent...

June 2023 Rose of the Month Club

Summer is here and we have it on good authority that means the time is right for dancing in the street – in Chicago, down in New Orleans, in New York City, across the ocean...

January Rose of the Month Club

While not the most popular or widely planted (prolly Cab Sauv on both counts), Pinot Noir might be the consummate wine grape. The source material for some of the planet’s priciest and most elusive bottlings...

December '22 Rose Club

Who says rosés are only for summer? Not me! As we close out the year I’ve secured two perfect examples of why rosé should be in your wine fridge all year long; a sparkling Crémant...

October '22 Rosé Club

It has been a while since we featured Italian Rosé (aka Rosato) in club, so for this month we are featuring some exciting wines from Sicily. The Italian island of Sicily, located off the southern...