Wine news March 14, 2017

Food and Wine says rosé is the perfect Easter wine. "Well, fret all you want about whether your west coast Grenache is going to bring out the particular gamey notes of your locally farmed lamb leg, but if you ask me the cardinal thing about Easter drinking is that it’s Spring. "

In the Sacramento Bee the Okanagan Valley in the Canadian province of British Columbia has been turning out impressive wines.

Melania Trump is honored with a First Lady wine in Slovenia reports Decanter. "First Lady wine went on sale in the circular cellar at Sevnica Castle in Slovenia and the first 300 bottles sold out in three days."

Also on Decanter tasting notes decoded. "Imbibing silk might be hard to imagine, and not particularly tempting, but it is certainly a desirable quality in wine."

The Drinks Business on wine trade fair Vinexpo holding a fair in New York. "The show, which will be held at Manhattan’s Javits Convention Center on 5-6 March 2018, will be the first time Vinexpo has hosted a drinks trade event in the Americas for more than 15 years: Vinexpo hosted the inaugural Vinexpo Americas in 2002, which saw 600 exhibitors descend on New York in November."

Winefolly on what wine to drink on St. Patrick's Day. "Grüner Veltliner: It means “green veltliner” and comes from Austria where it’s packaged in beautiful green bottles."