The Vernatsch we carry at The Rose is from the producer Baron Widmann whose family has been making wine in the same basement cellar of their country home since 1824. Those who visit the winery say production feels more like a hobbiest making wine in the basement than a commercial operation. The vineyards sit on steep slopes at over 2,000 ft above sea level and The Baron Andreas Widmann tends them himself. You should come in and enjoy this wine crafted by nobility and poured i

Welcome to Rare Grape Fridays: a weekly post where we discuss lesser known and rare grapes. Each grape we feature here we also serve at The Rose (we're open seven nights a week and now offering lunch and brunch Thursday - Sunday!) so, if any of these grapes pique your interest, you know where to find 'em! To lead us off, we have the Kékfrankos (or Blaufränkisch), a relatively new grape when considered next to the millenia-old tradition of winemaking. First mention of Kékfran

March 16th is our next Monday Night Dinner and features four wines from Bodegas de Santo Tomás in the Valle de Santo Tomás, a two hour drive south of the border in Baja. Founded in 1888, the winery is the oldest continually producing winery in Baja and stands on the site of the old Misión de Santo Tomás where grapes (primarily "mision" grapes--related to criollo) were first planted in the 1790s. After the departure of the friars, successive owners introduced new European vari

We are very excited to launch our first wine club with a party and tasting on the 9th. For our first outing, we've chosen wines that are sure to please as Spring approaches. On the International front, we have two European, biodynamically produced wines. The 2012 Aphros Loureiro is a beautiful Vinho Verde made from grapes grown in the sub region, Lima, of the Vinho Verde DOP (FYI: Vinho verde is not just a slightly fizzy high-acid white wine but rather a wine making region t