This Tastes Like Tuesday…

Some wines taste like the weekend.
Some wines taste like a celebration.
But every once in a while, you find a wine that tastes like Tuesday.
Or, what you want Tuesdays to be.

For me, that wine is Alma Rosa Pinot Noir from the Santa Rita Hills.

It’s shown up at our community dinners more than once—those slow evenings with neighbors, usually on Sundays, but occasionally on Tuesdays when the calendar bends in our favor. It’s a wine that doesn’t need a podium or a pairing to be special. It just fits.

You pour a glass while someone turns hot dogs or flips ribeyes.. You take a sip while the kids run through the yard, shouting, playing, and blissfully leaving you alone. You hear the wind shift. You smell dinner cooking. You relax.

That’s what Alma Rosa captures.

It’s not loud or demanding. It doesn’t need to be explained or justified.
But it deserves to be noticed.

Alma Rosa is a beautiful expression of the Santa Rita Hills—cool-climate coastal Pinot that’s refined, specific, and honest. It’s serious enough for the wine friend who likes to talk tannin, but casual enough to pass around a picnic table. It hits that rare mark of being moderately priced, AVA-specific, and classically made, with depth, clarity and intent.

It’s warm enough for cold winter nights, but cool enough for hot July days.
It’s mountain air, ocean breeze and laughter carried on the wind.

It makes Tuesdays feel like something to look forward to.
Not a break from the week, just a moment in it.

Not every bottle needs to be groundbreaking.
Sometimes, the ones that meet you quietly, and consistently are the ones that stay with you the longest.

This is what I want Tuesday to taste like.
And with Alma Rosa, it often does.