ROSÉS IN BLOOM

Summery and food-friendly, rosé wine inspired this menu with a different bottle and style for each course, from appetizer to dessert.

This elegant rosé ( LCBO 367375, $17.60) is made with grapes common to both the south of France and Spain: Grenache Gris, Grenache and Mourvèdre, which goes by the name Monastrell in its Spanish version. The wine offers lots of bright red fruit notes that pair nicely with the tomato. It is the wine’s minerality, however, that makes it a great complement to the shellfish. It’s also light in body, which is always a great way to start a meal, leading into heavier wines as the meal progresses.