grapes: Viognier, Roussanne
Oh, the onset of spring, what a glorious time indeed. I mean, who doesn’t love being inundated by waves and waves of yellow pollen?  And sneezing uncontrollably while rubbing itchy eyes? And listening to the maddeningly incessant chirping of birds at the crack of dawn that eventually gets drowned out by your busy body neighbor blasting his leaf blower while you’re trying to sleep in?  Sometimes you just have to take matters into your own hands and, in this case, just flip the bird to the world and open a bottle of Côtes du Rhône and settle in to a comfortably numb fugue. You may ask, “Isn’t CDR a little heavy for a warm spring day?”  Not if it’s a CDR blanc made from two of the region’s lesser known grapes: Viognier and Roussanne!  The tropical notes in this wine will carry you away to a remote island where all is beautiful, calm, and pollen-free. Ahhhhhhh…