Time to wake up!

[wdonovan]

I guess it's true that outside of Provence, the pinks all go to sleep for the winter. We stash a few cases at the end of summer to befriend occasional Asian, Indian, and shellfish dishes (I even sacrificed a bottle for an outrageously good tropical fruit Sangria). We were blessed with a mild winter (New Jersey shore) and early spring has already given us some 70° weather. Time to dust off the BBQ and start ordering more rose's for the summer season.
My winemonger left a message yesterday that Domaine Ott is available again. To me that message is like seeing the first daffodils. Ott is a little rich for our taste in this style of wine, of which we can find a number of nice selections around the $10 to $15 mark. But we will for sure, order a bottle or two to sample the latest (not sure if they're on '03 or '04). Anyway, I'll contact the Royere distributor and see if we can't get a bit of this lovely juice coming in. I will also start bringing my "pink wine detection kit" with me to the stores.
How's everyone else out there preparing for rose' season?