I can hear the complaining now: “Not another rose, Jeff. Aren’t you tired of them yet?”

Not at all. I’ve never understood the reluctance for rose among so many wine drinkers (and sparkling wine too, for that matter). It’s cheap and it’s food friendly. And, best of all, it’s cheap. Some of the hesitation, certainly, comes from the wine drinker’s reluctance to be caught drinking pink wine, since they are terrified this will bring stares and giggles from the wine snobs. Fortunately, I don’t care about stuff like that. And, with Thanksgiving a couple of weeks away, roses like the Maremma are the kinds of wine that more people should consider.

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So what about the Maremma ($11, purchased, available at Jimmy’s)? It’s Italian, a blend of sangivoese and cabernet sauvignon from Tuscany. Look for  pleasant tart cherry and cranberry fruit, but nothing too extreme, and a bit of a mineral finish. In this, it’s a very old fashioned kind of rose — dry and unassuming. I tasted it, put the glass down, and wasn’t sure if I liked it. But the next thing I knew, the bottle was mostly empty and I was thinking about how pleasant it had been. Drink this chilled, and pair it with food. Hamburgers would be good, and, as noted, so would Thanksgiving.