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Roses are Red but Rosés are for Valentine’s Day

By WTOP Staff

Scott Greenberg, special to wtop.com

This Valentine’s Day, there is no better wine to celebrate new love with – or the love you already share with someone – than with a bottle of bubbly. But not just any sparkling wine – for the day named in honor of a young Roman priest, Valentine of Rome, who was martyred for secretly preforming wedding ceremonies during a ban in 269 AD, one should chose a special wine that adds color as well as style for this year’s day of love.

Sparkling ros

Wine of the Week: Old friends, new vintages

By Scott Greenberg
WASHINGTON — Reviewing wines from a winery you have not visited in a long time is like reconnecting with an old friend from high school. Within minutes, you are reacquainted and feel like it’s been five minutes — not five years — since you’ve last seen each other. There is a high degree of comfort in those moments — a sense that time has somehow been preserved. This is the exactly the way I feel when I open certain bottles of wine. It’s like visiting an old friend: reliable, fun to spend time with and always gone too soon.
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