LCBO Food & Drink Summer 2021

We love a challenge, and finding a rosé that can pair well with a red-blooded beef burger further en- hanced with the fiery fermented flavours of kimchi and gochujang certainly qualifies! Add the palate- coating yolk of a fried egg, and the game is most decidedly afoot. You could play it safe with one of the sparkling rosés we paired with the black bean burger, or bring in a wine of real substance. Cave Spring Dry Rosé is a big mouthful, smooth and round and not too fruity, with beautifully integrated sugges- tions of redcurrant, red plum and cranberry. It’s reminiscent of a Tavel, the great rosé of the Southern Rhône—serious wine, in other words. Dry and finely balanced, Longshot from California offers pretty strawberry and cherry flavours, but at 13.5% ABV it has the backbone to take on this burger. One other option (though it’s “orange wine,” not pink) would be a skin-fermented white to pick up on the funky taste of the kimchi. Four Ontario versions will be in the August 7th VINTAGES release. BOLD

Cave Spring Dry Rosé VQA LCBO 295006, $14.95 Longshot Rosé LCBO 18483, $16.00

Gochujang burgers with kimchi mayo

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