A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose

Gertrude Stein said that, but not all roses are created equal. So many Rose wines are flat, boring and too sweet. Not the one made by French winemaker Isabelle Dutartre at De Ponte Cellars in the Dundee Hills of Oregon's Willamette Valley. When Deborah tasted this one she was blown away. "Better than any French Rose, I've ever tasted." Of course, this comment encompassed all other Rose, too. Deborah tasted this wine blind. Little did she know that the grapes were from Oregon and the winemaker from France - Provence, actually, home of France's best Rose. At $14, it's a real bargain considering the quality.