doug frost

  1. Twelve Bucks a Liter? A Rosé With Alluring Texture? Believe It

    Twelve Bucks a Liter? A Rosé With Alluring Texture? Believe It

    We had a rosé we enjoyed very much recently that costs around $12 a liter and in some places even less. It was so good that we reached out to the winemaker to ask how he could make such a nice wine for that price. His answer was charming, much like the wine.

    Rosé is easy – and hard. Clearly, it’s easy to pump out oceans of OK rosé, since there are so many on shelves. But making a good rosé – a wine with character, a beverage that earns the right to be called wine – is another matter.

    Some rosé is excellent.  Some is really bad. Most, to us, exist in a kind of in-between zone. We have been tasting rosés for months to prepare this column and our notes on some will show you what we mean:

    Perfectly OK and tongue-wetting, but there is not much to it. It’s kind of meh.”

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  2. French Born International Sommelier Association (ASI) brings the Best USA Sommelier Competition to the U.S. and Beyond

    French Born International Sommelier Association (ASI) brings the Best USA Sommelier Competition to the U.S. and Beyond

    Andrés Rosberg and Doug Frost on the International Sommelier Association and national and regional sommelier competitions, including the prestigious Best Sommelier of the World contest.
  3. Doug Frost

    Doug Frost

    Profile of the author and wine consultant
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