15 New Wines You Should Be Serving at Your Wedding Kendall-Jackson’s newest 2017 Vintner’s Reserve Rosé will pair well with fruit and veggie-driven appetizers and salads, or a cocktail or dessert hour cheese course, given its food-friendly quality, but it might also be a good idea to have some on hand to appease the KJ fans in the fam. Regardless of Wallace’s rules, we all know those diehard loyalists.

New Products The Newest Beverage Options Kendall-Jackson released its 2017 Vintner's Reserve Rosé. Featuring citrus, strawberries, watermelon rind and white floral elements, the rosé has a suggested retail of $17, contains 13.5 percent ABV and is available in select markets nationwide.

Wine of the Moment As varied in hue and style as the color after which it’s named, rosé remains the hottest trend in wine, and this quintessential California rosé showcases the very best of what this trend has to offer. Bright and refreshing, this wine is the perfect way to rosé all day – It adds color to any social gathering, from picnics to backyard cookouts, or just enjoying its own with friends and family. Previously available in select markets, the 2017 Vintner’s Reserve Rosé is now available nationwide. This wine comes from vineyards in Santa Barbara, Monterey, Sonoma and Mendocino Counties. It is comprised of primarily pinot noir, which brings brightness and vibrancy, with some syrah and grenache, which contribute to the wine’s soft coral color and strawberry notes. “A gorgeous hue of pale pink jumps out of the glass with crisp grapefruit, strawberry and white floral notes. Aromas of fresh cut watermelon, hibiscus and apricot,” said Randy Ullom, wine master. Stainless steel fermentation allows the wine to retain its bright fruit character and freshness, making it ideal for sipping on its own or pairing with a wide array of flavors and spices. The Vintner’s Reserve series showcases classic varietals, highlighting the complex fruit flavors from the best California’s coastal, marine-influenced vineyards.

Refreshing rosés for hot weather Plus two very good pinot noir and syrah blends: Kendall-Jackson Vintner's Reserve, delicate apple and watermelon…

CAMPING TIME WINE Kendall-Jackson Vintner’s Reserve 2016 California Rosé KJ scored big with their new Rosé. It’s low in alcohol (13% ABV) and the screw cap makes it a great pick for summertime sipping in the sun. It’s got the right amount of sweet without being too sweet, tastes like the things we love about Rosé (strawberry & watermelon), and looks good in a glass. What more do you need? Buy it by the case for your camping trip.

New to the KJ portfolio, this rosé uses the brand's formula of drawing grapes from several counties. Most of it is pinot noir with a little syrah and other thrown in. Fresh and vibrant with a touch of grapefruit to add to the strawberry flavors.

In this price range you don't often find vintage bubblies (that is, ones with a year attached), but this is a special bottling. Multifaceted and layered, it coats the mouth with smoothness and tastes of nuts and baked apples.

A delicate sparkling wine that tastes clean and crisp, with green apple and grapefruit flavors. A long finish of lime and apple. Pairs well with oysters.

Alternative White Wines Generally noted for stone fruit and citrus, there are stylistic differences: Pinot gris is expected to be fuller bodied and sumptuous...and the energizing melon of the 2016 Kendall-Jackson Vintner’s Reserve.

Try these selections if your post-holidays wallet is a bit light From the brand started in 1983, Kendall-Jackson has grown into one of the world's larger family-owned wine companies. The Vintner's Reserve line remains the company's backbone.

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A lip-smacking mix of pear and citrus flavors, set on a light and juicy body.

Think dry and tart-crisp with tons of flavor. It offers the drying, bitter taste of the white pith layer beneath the skin of citrus along with flavors of tart grapefruit, honeydew melon and tangerine with a kiss of herbs and floral notes. See what I mean? The kitchen sink. It works. And it’s unoaked.

K-J calls this wine “spring in a glass.” It’s blended with a touch of Roussanne, Viognier, Chardonnay, Grüner Veltliner and Albarinõ. It’s a complex dry white, with layers of flavor: juicy pear, honeydew melon, tangerine, white flowers with crisp citrus in the finish. The perfect wine to pair with entrée salads, seafood, creamy pastas.

(79 percent pinot gris, 9 percent roussanne, 4 percent grüner veltliner, 3 percent chardonnay, 3 percent viognier, 2 percent albariño: ripe and rich and intensely fruity, with floral aromas and tropical fruit flavors.

You won't go wrong with this forward pinot gris from California. Using grapes from several California appellations, it is blended with roussanne, gruner veltliner, chardonnay, viognier and albarino. It may not have the classic pinot gris profile with that mélange, but it's unquestionably delicious — and a tad sweet.

Kendall-Jackson has amassed such a wealth of vineyard resources throughout California that for them, providing a good bottle of wine on the cheap is almost second nature. Winemaster Randy Ullom and his winemaking team of Chris Johnson and Mark Theis sculpt wines from the tropics of the Central Coast to the fog bound zones of Mendocino, and somehow they're always able to find the sweet spot that balances all these divergent elements in ways that seem effortless.

dry, light-bodied, light tannin, medium acidity; Vivid tart cherry flavor, accented by a little smokiness. Light and inviting. It's well-priced too.

Tasting for all the world like the inexpensive wine that it is, this soft, open, nicely rounded effort neither attempts nor achieves complexity, but it manages to convey a decent sense of varietal cherries, and, with Pinot, that is not always the easiest thing to do. No budget buster this, it comes in high on the list of values.

...bottlings are fruity, well-focused and eminently enjoyable wines that hit the mark when it comes to varietal fruit and the seductive, supple texture of Pinot Noir.

...would rival any pinot noir in California and even many in Burgundy. Made in small quantities, it isn't available in Maryland but still shows off the producer's ability.