Mark heads to Paris to make the case for under-appreciated White Bordeaux, which is called “Bordeaux Blanc” in French. Its classic blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillion grapes will impress your friends and your palate with a rounder, more minerally and complex take on Sauvignon Blanc. And you can’t beat the bottles’ aristocratic labels.
Sabering Wine with a Ski – Can It Be Done? Mark answers this question in the video.
Sabering should not be tried at home!
Between his five appearances at this year’s Aspen Food & Wine Classic, Mark Oldman takes time out to answer that eternal question: can a bottle of bubbly be sabered with a ski? It’s man-against-bottle in this don’t-try-this-at-home experiment atop Red Mountain in Aspen, Colorado.
Mark faces his own potential “Weinergate” when the French force him to don a speedo before swimming in Burgundy, France. After he reluctantly does, he seeks post-humiliation succor in Bargain Burgundy, which can be found in less-heralded Burgundy villages such as Savigny-les-Beaune and Mercurey.
Featured wines:
Naudin Tiercin Mercurey 09 (France, $31)
Francois Gay Savigny-lès-Beaune 06 (France, $32)
Other Key Savigny-lès-Beaune and Mercurey:
A. & P. de Villaine Mercurey Les Montots 2009 (France, $45)
Bouchard Père & Fils Savigny-lès-Beaune 2009 (France, $32)
Champy Savigny-lès-Beaune Aux Fourches 2008 (France, $38)
Château de Chamirey Mercurey 2008 (France, $40)
Domaine Faiveley Mercurey 2008 (France, $28)
Maurice Ecard Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Serpentières 2009 (France, $45)
Mark Oldman visits rose’s spiritual homeland, the South of France, to explain why it is essential to drink pink, especially with food that adheres to Mark’s “Rosé Rule of P”. Later that night, he broadcasts from the city of Nice, where he spontaneously leads a café in the first-ever “Rosé Cheer”. A woman at the next table, who happens to be dressed appropriately enough in pink, joins in and becomes so excited that…oh, you’ll see…
Featured Rosé
-Château Thuerry Côtes de Provence Rosé 2008 (France, $18)
Other Riveting Rosés:
-Bedell Cellars Taste Rose 2010 (Long Island, NY, $18)
-Bodega Melipal Malbec Rosé 2010 (Argentina, $12)
-Dominio de Eguren Protocolo Rosado 2009 (Spain, $10)
-Hey Mambo “Kinky Pink” Rosé 2009 (California, $10)
-Leone de Castris Salento “Five Roses” Rosé 2010 (Italy, $15)
-Massaya Rosé 2010 (Lebanon, $12)
Even More Riveting Rosés:
(Mark’s Selections for his “Pink Without Blushing” Seminar at the Food Network Pebble Beach Food & Wine Festival, April, 2011)
-Roederer Estate Rosé NV (California, $26, sparkling)
-Champagne Tarlant Brut Rose NV (France, $86, sparkling)
-Bernardus Winery Rosé “Saignée De Marinus” 2009 (California, $25)
-Chateau D’Esclans “Whispering Angel” Côtes de Provence Rose 2009 (France, $18)
-Deep Sea “Sea Flower” Conway Family Wines Rosé 2009 (California, $28)
-Domaine Serene “R” Rose 2009 (Oregon, $38)
-Jean-Luc Colombo 2010 Vin de Pays de Méditerranée Rosé “Cape Bleue” 2010 (France, $12)
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