Pinot selections for Thanksgiving Highly food friendly, this fine Pinot Noir Rosé has strength on the palate featuring excellent fruit and balance. Complexity builds to yield a wonderful wine with a great finish.

The Ultimate Guide to Summer Wines Made from 100% Pinot Noir, La Crema Saralee’s Vineyard Rosé has the prettiest light pink salmon hue. With vibrant crisp flavors of strawberry, wild raspberry, tangerine and watermelon, it has a pink grapefruit note and a touch of spice on the finish. This rosé is a food wine and a great match with summer salads or shellfish.

Tasting With Craig McAllister, Head Winemaker of La Crema What a great tasting today with Craig McAllister, Head Winemaker of La Crema, part of the Jackson Wine Family. Craig originally joined the La Crema team in 2007 as the Harvest Enologist. After gaining additional experience abroad, he joined the La Crema team full time in 2009. He is passionate about cool-climate winemaking, which is evident from several of the wines experienced at today’s tasting. We started with the 2017 Pinot Noir rosé from the Saralee , so exclusive it is only sold in fine restaurants and through the La Crema wine club.

Refreshing rosés for hot weather Here are my favorite Pinot Noir Rosés:...Barrymore Monterey County, plush and spicy; La Crema Monterey, soft, hints of cream and spice; Cambria Santa Maria Valley, juicy with cinnamon…

La Crema winery has launched its Monterey Pinot Noir Rosé. The wine hails from one of the world's best cool-climate appellations, stretching from Monterey Bay across the pastoral coastal valley. The ever-present sea breeze cools the vineyards, allowing the grapes to stay longer on the vine. Crafted in small batches, the grapes were fermented in 100 percent stainless steel at cool temperatures.

ROSÉ FOR NEWBIES La Crema 2016 Monterey Pinot Noir Rosé “Starter Rosé” “Cougar Juice” and “Mom will love this” were some of the many notes that surrounded La Crema’s Rosé – and those aren’t bad things. This wine is a safe bet for group gatherings – and the price point (under $20 at the grocery store) can’t be beat. It’s filled with fruit: strawberry, watermelon, mulberry – all the good stuff you want out of a summer sipper.

The Best Rosés For Summertime Sipping Are All Under $20 La Crema Rosé comes from Monterey, where exquisite sunshine and breezy climate give this wine a ripe strawberry, fresh cantaloupe and citrus-scented flavor. It's the perfect picnic wine.

Rosé All Day Hardly discovered that it is already a classic. Aromas of raspberry with fresh citrus strawberries. The flavors of fresh red berries, watermelon and tangerine are balanced perfectly with a pleasant minerality. Delicate and perfectly balanced.

La Crema Monterey Pinot Noir Rosé hails from the cool-climate Monterey region and was fermented in 100-percent stainless steel, resulting in a wine with crisp fruit flavors and balanced acidity. The wine is available nationwide.

10 Rosés I’m Drinking This Summer. (And a Cheese Board, Of Course!) La Crema makes some of my favorite wine (their Pinot Noir is practically the only one I drink) and when I found their rosé, I was super excited. This one is pretty dry as expected and it goes super well with a cheese board. It’s a bit on the pricier side though.

Best Values Only five years ago, many were still avoiding dry rosé wines because “they didn’t go with anything.” Suddenly, rosés are the rage because they go with everything! From a vast tasting of rosés over the last two months, here are my selections as the best values in their respective price ranges.

Very balanced, watermelon notes on this rosé are matched with a spicy backbone and herbaceous notes, ideal for pairing with food.

See Summer Through Rosé Colored Glasses All the hallmarks of cool-climate California rosé are here, from the refreshing acidity to ripe, youthful flavors – think bright, juicy red cherries versus plush black ones. This bottle is perfect with picnic foods like creamy cheeses, chips and dip, BLTs and more.

All the hallmarks of cool-climate California rosé are here, from the refreshing acidity to ripe, youthful flavors — think bright, juicy red cherries versus plush black ones. This bottle is perfect with picnic foods like creamy cheeses, chips and dip, BLTs and more.

La Crema is late getting into the rosé game but it offers a decent debut with this pink pinot noir. Cherry, cranberry and a touch of watermelon highlight this quaffable and balanced rosé.

Dry and lovely. Notes of rose petal, cherry and raspberry. Showy. Medium complexity. Medium-bodied. Vibrant.

2005 La Crema Russian River Valley Pinot Noir Rose Sleek and elegant, it offers vivid cherry and strawberry aromas and flavors, impeccable balance and a spicy-fresh finish.

Wine with …Coq au Vin Blanc Tasting of apples and pears, with a crisp finish, this is a rich but vivacious white wine. It matched the coq au vin step by step in terms of texture, body, and flavor.

Holiday Wine Pick With all the holidays, parties, family gatherings and variety of foods, December might be the best month for adventurous wine drinking. It also presents challenges deciding what to drink and what you can afford. Not to worry; I'm here to help with a shopping list of good, affordable wines from my recent tastings. Pinot Gris is a fine alternative, offering fresh citrus and melon with similar weight. Here are two: ...and 2016 La Crema Monterey...

The best holiday wines under $20: 2017/2018 edition These are 13 of the most affordable, crowd-pleasing bottles of vino you can bring to a festive feast. With nectarine, citrus blossom, and honeysuckle aromas on the nose, and pear, apple, and Meyer lemon on the palate, the lively acidity in this pinot gris pairs perfectly with light salads (especially those with tangy, vinaigrette dressings) and seafood pastas. But don't be afraid to try this bright and refreshing bottle with something like a gooey camembert cheese or salty prosciutto before sitting down for dinner.

Ten Best American White Wines Under $20 For Labor Day Most La Crema wines are not to my appeal, too big, too jammy. But the Monterey Pinot Gris is a whole new direction. As they point out: “Bright, fresh, light and filled with all the flavors of spring and summer, La Crema’s new Monterey Pinot Gris is an exciting addition to our family of cool-climate wines.” Good for them.

This is my one out-of-town choice, a just-released white from cool-climate vineyards in Monterey. This wine is juicy and refreshing, especially if you're trying to cool off during a toasty summer afternoon spent by the pool. It's full of grassy notes and flavors of peaches, apricots and lemons. Pinot gris expresses itself best when handled gently, so we pressed the grapes without de-stemming and fermented the wine slowly in 100 percent stainless steel to preserve with vibrant fruit flavors, says winemaker Elizabeth Grant-Douglas. This wine drinks really well on its own; a spread of fresh fruits, nuts and semi-soft cheeses, though, won't hurt.

...with its vibrant crispness, comes as a refreshing, and delightful, surprise.

Lemon zest and melon flavors are straightforward and juicy, with a dried chamomile note on the finish.

Chipped chalk, wet stone, lime spritz, nectarine flesh and grapefruit pith show on the fairly light nose of this easy-drinking wine. The palate shows an intriguing texture, with apple and pear skins that evolve toward fleshier peach tropicality as the sip lingers.