The wine, from the region where they make Prosecco, is very pale pink with a lilac note. The bouquet suggests cherries and Meyer lemon. The palate is medium-bodied and dry with a sour cherry flavour. Very elegant.


Food match: aperitif wine; cold chicken

Bottega Pink Sparkling Rosé, Veneto, Italy, 
$22.95. LCBO #187914

Post City Magazines’ wine columnist, Tony Aspler, has written 14 books on wine and food. Tony also created the Ontario Wine Awards and has been inducted into the New York Media Wine Writers’ Hall of Fame. He can be heard on 680News.