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This is one of those times when pairing is half luck and half rules. I got a call from a friend to join him at a nearby restaurant for seafood something. I grabbed a bottle of white that has enough structure to handle Korean spice and seafood textures. And it really worked.

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I love bourgogne (부르고뉴). It’s the most beautiful grape and the hardest to grow. It likes to live at the extremes. In New Zealand it grows at 45 degrees south in the bone-dry floor of glacial valleys in Otago. Frost and fungi threaten its thin, delicate skin. Yet, this grape for me is perfection. It struggles through snow and frost to produce something extraordinary and extremely sensual.

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Rosé is a wine designed for summer. Slightly chilled, the structured fruit and taut acidicity of rosé is refreshing and a perfect accompaniment to Korean cuisine. In May 2010 Ms. Valerie Rousselle-Riboud from Chateau Roubine visited Korea, sharing her passion for rosé wine, Asian food and the landscape of Côtes de Provence.

Chateau Roubine is located in the heart of the Var region, between the Verdon Canyon and the Mediterranean Sea. The vineyards are set on the Julian Way, a road dating back to Roman times. First mentioned in archives in the early 14th century, the château was donated to the Order of Saint Jean of Jerusalem by the Knights Templar in 1307 and is one of the oldest vineyards in France.

The Estate’s wine bottles reflects the rich history of Château Roubine: the glass bears the Templar coat of arms, featuring a dragon and a lion protected by the sun’s rays, which symbolize the historic towns of Draguignan and Lorgues.

These bottle are absolutely beautiful in my opinon. I love the coat of arms sculpted into the glass and the attention to detail on the labels and foil. The bottle at the front of this photo has a dancing figure on the label whose shape is based on a vine. Read the full story