He first drank rosé when his father, who was then married to the actress Arlene Dahl, took him to Monte Carlo during one of those summer vacations. "We stayed at the Hôtel de Paris and drank rosé at lunch every day by the pool at the beach club," Sacha recalls. He also drank rosé at the Prince's Palace with Grace Kelly, and with Prince Rainier on his yacht, which seems like the perfect apprenticeship for a man who would eventually become an international ambassador for the pink wine of Provence.
While a college student, Sacha served as a sommelier at Anthony's Pier 4, a now-closed Boston institution that had one of the best wine lists in the U.S. "It was a fantastic place," he says. "There were three full-time somms, and we sold 8,000 bottles a month. I learned so much."
The recession of 2008 offered an opportunity for affordable wines. Château d'Esclans sells two rosés for significantly less than those of Domaines Ott, traditionally the best-selling Provençal domain. Whispering Angel is Lichine's largest-production and lowest-priced offering; Rock Angel, which has more body and structure, is my favorite for everyday drinking.
Whispering Angel, meanwhile, has become practically ubiquitous in fashionable watering holes in such places as South Beach, Nantucket, and the Hamptons, judging from the production figures, which have risen from 11,000 cases in 2006 to 260,000 last year. Whether that will be enough to satisfy the collective thirst this summer remains to be seen, but it couldn't hurt to stock up now, just in case.
What a surge in sales. It was Andy Hall from the Hideaway who touted us on to Whispering Angel.
At Total Wine in Wilmington, Delaware a bottle fetches $20 with no sales tax.
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Did you make an appointment?
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Did you make an appointment?
No- on my way home from work. It's my go to place every Friday. Actually, it's the Claymont store.
$14.75 @ Total Wine here when buying 6 bottles$16.99 for a bottle is a great price.