Roshambo 2003 California Merlot
(Roshambo Winery, Healdsburg, Calif.; about $10)
We missed the pajama party/pillow fight and drag brunch in Healdsburg last weekend, but there’s still time to get tickets to the music- drenched Labor Day Weekend festivities at Roshambo.
Yes, it’s far away, in northern Sonoma County, but who ever heard of a winery with such a cool roster of events? If the airfare makes the party a little pricey, get some burgers, sausages and other grillable things. Invite a bunch of friends to your backyard this Labor Day. Get a case of Roshambo merlot. Its spicy, licorice-licked black plum flavors will jazz up the evening (and no one will suspect you paid only $10 a bottle).
The spirit of Naomi Johnson Brilliant and Jeff Ivy, the two main players behind Roshambo, will channel through the wine, and it’ll have someone playing rock-paper-scissors, the game for which the winery is named, in no time.
-Tara Q. Thomas
