I had a lot of time by myself while Bob was preoccupied with his students, so I invested it in serious research, investigating \u201crose wine,\u201d as the waiters called it. The House Cafe had a pleasant balcony and charged 12 Turkish lira for a big glass of fine Lal, from Kavaklidere, apparently the dominant producer in Anatolia. At the sleek cafe in the wonderful Pera Museum with its spirit-lifting Botero exhibit, I tried two other producers\u2019 over two days for only 10 TL a pour and got amazing pistachios to go with them. And one afternoon I invested an hour tasting four different ros\u00e9s at Sensus, a wine cellar with a cheese counter. I\u2019m not sure how any of them would stack up against something from Languedoc or Provence, but they were beyond impressive there. I see Astor carries some of them in New York, and they\u2019re much cheaper than they were in the restaurants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I had a lot of time by myself while Bob was preoccupied with his students, so I invested it in serious research, investigating \u201crose wine,\u201d as the waiters called it. The House Cafe had a pleasant balcony and charged 12 Turkish lira for a big glass of fine Lal, from Kavaklidere, apparently the dominant producer… Continue reading