Bonny Doon
2005 California Vin Gris de Cigare
If holidays were rated on foods served, Easter would be right up there at the top.
I’m not talking chocolate eggs. I’m talking ham. A large roast in all its juicy pink glory, brown sugar on top to sweeten its already tender meat. A leg of lamb roasted with thyme and rosemary is nothing to sneeze at either.
The problem is the sides: We’re thinking spring – asparagus, peas and other green things, but it’ll be weeks before these vegetables are actually in season. Conjure up spring instead with a pink wine, like Bonny Doon’s Vin Gris de Cigare. Its crisp, fresh, thyme-laced strawberry flavors pronounce firmly and deliciously that SPRING IS HERE. It’s delicious with ham, and it takes that leg of lamb straight to Provence.
About $12; Bonny Doon Vineyard, Santa Cruz, Calif.; bonnydoonvineyard.com | Tara Q. Thomas
