Bottle #2: Sokol Blosser 2006 Rose of Pinot Noir

What to drink on a fabulously sunny summer afternoon when your plans for lunching at Washington Park's Rose Garden in Portland fall through because half-way through the drive down your daughter starts crying because she is parched and not feeling well, causing you to pull into your husband's work parking lot, inform him of a change in plans, open up the car's hatch, extrude your ever-so-well planned and balanced picnic fare and eat lunch on the blacktop while said daughter naps in the car leading you to believe that she may really be sick - perhaps suffering a relapse of the strep throat that you are determined to wipe out of your household once and for all?

Yes, Sokol Blosser 2006 Rose of Pinot Noir. (Here's a link to the 2007.) Not a saccharine fruity rose, mind you - but rather a crisp and feminine (I mean that in a good way) wine - perfect for sucking down while your little sunshine lounges on the sofa watching Meet the Robinsons for the 72nd time - or for taking outside to the front porch when, even calling upon your most compassionate Mommy instincts, you just can't stand to stay with the kid and miss out on the entire day's offering of Vitamin D (Thank you, Sun!) And look how cool it is that the viscosity of the wine causes it to sit not entirely horizontally in the bottle. (Ha! Kidding, just a little 'trick photography' there.)