Oysters + a Rosé named Lilith at The Ordinary in Charleston

Every wine needs a backstory.

Wine can be complicated. You can learn about the terroir, the number of months that the wine is aged in a special French Oak barrel, the weather at the time the grapes were picked… there are so many factors that make a wine a special wine. But the thing is… it’s so much easier to understand a wine if there’s a story.

A delightful wine server at The Ordinary in Charleston brought out the rosé we ordered, and mentioned she always gives wine bottles a name, but had not yet named this one. HOW FUN. We asked her to try it with us we’d name it together. A little while later, she came back with a few ideas and we landed on “Lilith.”

Lilith is a creative spirit who lives by a lake in France and writes poetry. She paints watercolors for fun – but not for profit. She listens to jazz while she paints landscapes with bright colors.

She is breezy and carefree, but has a serious depth to her as well.

Lilith loves oysters, particularly the Smoked Steamboat Creek Oysters on a cracker with few drops of hot sauce and a dollop of crème fraîche.

Wow, that really expressed the wine in such a fun, unique way!

When you think about a wine like a story and a character in a story… it just makes the entire experience more delightful than discussing the agricultural situation in which the grapes were grown and harvested and aged and turned into wine.

Think about your next wine like a character.

And, next time you’re in Charelston, be a free spirit like Lilith, order the rosé and try the smoked oysters from The Ordinary. This spot is popular for a reason, and a fantastic restaurant to go prior to a show at the Charleston Music Hall or the Charleston Gaillard Center.