Meghan Markle\u2019s acting career might have peaked with \u201cSuits,\u201d but she\u2019s besting A-Listers with her new wine.<\/p>\n
In a blind taste test, <\/a>Markle\u2019s As Ever<\/a> ros\u00e9 beat out pink vinos from Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Cameron Diaz, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jon and Jesse Bon Jovi.<\/p>\n \u201cThis wine is good enough to be poured at Buckingham Palace<\/a>,\u201d said Christian Bendek, a certified sommelier from downtown Brooklyn who was part of a panel of top New York City wine experts The Post assembled for a tasting of celebrity wines.<\/p>\n Markle\u2019s As Ever 2023 Napa Valley ros\u00e9 <\/a>swirled into the crowded celeb stunt wine space on July 1 \u2014 on what would have been Princess Diana\u2019s 64th birthday \u2014 selling out within an hour of its launch.\u00a0<\/p>\n The rosy sipper, which retails for $30 and is made from a blend of cabernet sauvignon, mourvedre, grenache and syrah grapes, is described on the As Ever website as having \u201csoft notes of stone fruit\u201d with \u201cgentle minerality\u201d and \u201creminiscent of the finest Provencal styles.\u201d<\/p>\n Meghan Markle\u2019s As Ever 2023 Napa Valley ros\u00e9 hit the crowded celeb stunt wine market on July 1 \u2014 on what would have been Princess Diana\u2019s 64th birthday \u2014 selling out within an hour of its launch.\u00a0 JAKE ROSENBERG\/NETFLIX<\/p>\n Markle\u2019s pink wine, which retails for $30, is made from a blend of cabernet sauvignon, mourvedre, grenache and syrah grapes. It\u2019s described on the As Ever website as having \u201csoft notes of stone fruit\u201d with \u201cgentle minerality\u201d and \u201creminiscent of the finest Provencal styles.\u201d<\/p>\n Panelist Nikki McCutcheon, a sommelier and the wine director at Tao Group\u2019s Cathedrale and Sake No Hanna, said the rich and complex wine is worth its $30 price tag.<\/p>\n \u201cIt has a touch of cherry red fruit on the finish,\u201d she enthused.\u00a0\u201cThis you could drink on its own or paired with food. It could pair very well with French, Mediterranean food. This one gets a star.\u201d<\/p>\n Bendek described the wine as \u201ccoconut-ty, very tropical\u201d and said it was more \u201cinteresting\u201d than many celebrity entries. <\/p>\n The panel\u2019s second favorite wine was Miraval Ros\u00e9 Cotes de Provence ($24.99). The French vineyard was purchased by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in 2008 and has been a $500 million sticking point<\/a> in their nasty divorce battle.<\/p>\n In a blind taste test, Markle\u2019s new As Ever ros\u00e9 (far right) beat out four other celebrity pink vinos. Other contenders included Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie\u2019s Miraval (from left), Jon and Jesse Bon Jovi\u2019s Hampton water, Cameron Diaz\u2019s Invivo X, SJP by Sarah Jessica Parker and Cameron Diaz\u2019s Avaline. Emmy Park for NY Post<\/p>\n But there\u2019s no drama in the easy drinking wine.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s really approachable. Nice minerality,\u201d McCutcheon said of the widely available quaff, which is made with grenache, syrah and rolle grapes from the Provence region of France.<\/p>\n Panelist Chris Miller, the managing partner at The Lamb\u2019s Club and co-founder of the Times Square wine window, also deemed it an \u201capproachable\u201d summer sipper but said it \u201cneeds more of a backbone.\u201d <\/p>\n