Rose wine and Oyster

Regal Wine hosted Rose All Day event this week.
The theme was to discover the goodness of Rose wine and Oyster pairing.

We met in San Francisco and drove to Hog Island Oyster Farm by a chartered bus.

Scenic drive!

Hog Island Oyster Farm grows and sells oysters in Tamales Bay.
Their oysters are known for the high quality and freshness.

View from the picnic area

At their picnic site, you can buy, shuck and eat raw oyster or BBQ them.
If you don't want to cook by yourself, there is an outside cafe called Boat Oyster Bar.

We sat at the picnic area and as soon as we got there, JC started to shuck huge oysters.

Meaty and delicious!

When it comes to wines for oyster, Chablis is the choice. I personally like the pairing with Txacolina, the white wine from Basque.

This day, we got to try about 20 rose wines with oysters, and most of them made really good pairing!
The freshness and little bit of tannin of rose wines diminished the fishiness and brought umami out of oysters.

Here's some of the wines I liked, which were good with oysters and by itself, too.

Gran Morain Rose 2016 from Oregon

Cambria Rose 2016. Approachable.

Delaporte Sancerre Rose Chavignol 2016, Rose wine of Pinot Noir.

Tablas Creek Patelin Rose 2016. It was good with oysters, and by itself.

Cenyth Rose 2016. Very goof Rose of Cabernet Franc.

Fabre en Province Rose 2016 from Province. Refreshing.

These rose wines made really good pairing with oysters indeed.
Now I want to have these with other seafood, too. I can only expect positive outcome.