Everything’s Coming Up Rosés

If you think rosés are all ordinary, non-complex wines, then this event is for you.  If you are already a rosé lover, you will find new styles of rosé to add to your repertoire. Rosés vary tremendously from varietal to varietal and region to region.  And to showcase the variety and complexity of dry rosés, we’ve designed a casual rosé event suitable for all wine lovers.

Join us in the United States Boardroom of the Hilton Harrisburg on Friday evening, August 9, at 7 p.m., for a rosé tasting accompanied by chef-created small plates and topped off with a mini-cheesecake from SweeTreats.  The Hilton Boardroom on the third floor includes balconies permitting attendees to enjoy the wines and food inside or outside, if the skies cooperate!

Our goal for this event was to find dry rosés that you may not have tried that are excellent expressions of the diversity of rosé wines.  To accomplish this, we’ve selected highly rated and award-winning wines from the Finger Lakes, Pennsylvania, South Africa, Oregon, Italy, Spain and Austria.  At the event, you’ll enjoy:

• Schlumberger Rosé Brut Klassik, a sparkling rosé from Austria made from Pinot Noir, St. Laurent and Zweigeit produced in accordance with the “méthode traditionnelle.”
• Weis Dry Rosé 2022, an award-winning Finger Lakes rosé produced by the 2022 New York Winery of the Year that is a blend of Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and Blaufränkisch.
• Brooks Pinot Noir Rosé 2022, a highly rated 100% Pinot Noir rosé from the Willamette Valley produced by the well-respected Brooks Wines.
• Castillo de Eneriz Rosado, another highly rated rosé made from Garnacha (Grenache) in the Navarra region of Spain.
• Mulderbosch Cabernet Sauvignon Rosé 2023, a 100% Cabernet Sauvignon rosé from the Coastal Region of South Africa produced by a winery committed to ecologically sustainable winemaking.
• The Perfect Rosé 2022, Mazza Wines, the Pennsylvania entry, a Decanter award-wining wine made from 100% Chambourcin.
• Bodegus Nodus Bobal Rosado Utiel-Requena, another Spanish entry, this one an organic wine made from the Bobal varietal.
• Mastroberardino Lacrimarosa Irpina Rosato 2023, Italy’s contribution to the event made from the Aglianco grape and produced in the Campania region in southern Italy.

We’re pairing these wines with a brie focused starter plate followed by small plates of smoked trout and barbecue pork ribs.  We’ll finish it off with the SweeTreats mini cheesecake.  Each food offering will complement the wines that we are tasting.  You will not be disappointed!  Please inform us of any food sensitivities via email to the Treasurer.

Because the Boardroom is a smaller venue, attendance is strictly limited so sign up today!   Registration deadline is Tuesday, August 6 or until we sell out!

       Member —$100

       Patron —$95

       Nonmember —$120