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- Rose on the rise ...
I just saw this article on Wines & Vines.
http://winesandvines.com/template.cfm?section=news&content=54107
Apparently, the US is jumping on to the Rose bandwagon. To quote the article:
"Sales of rosé wines priced $8 and above grew 53.2% by value and 49.1% by volume during the 52 weeks ending Feb. 9, 2008"
In addition the article states that Rose sales grew 17 times faster than any other table wine.
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3027 - Reply by Philip, Mar 29, 2008.
Well its easier for rose to grow - it really had no other place to go! I'm always amazed at the negative attitude i hear towards rose, some of the dry rose's are fantastic (maybe not $100 age worthy wines, but excellent ready to drink wines in the under $30 category).
Compare the US's consumption of rose's to that of southern France - there its a stable summertime drink.
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45 - Reply by danpetroski, Mar 30, 2008.
Would love to hear people's thoughts on their favorite Rose wines. My favorite out of California is Pine Ridge's Encantado - the wine, I believe, is rose of Cabernet, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. I also like Lynmar's Vin Gris and I have heard good things about Sinskey's Rose of Pinot Noir (but have yet to try it).
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This is one of my favorites. Barely a rose, this is a super deep Alsatian rose of pinot noir, but it should still be served chilled:
http://www.snooth.com/wine/martin-zahn-pinot-noir-alsace-2004
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I am quite fond of the more recent La Crema Rose of Pinot Noir. Last years version was almost bone dry and is very crisp. Definitely needs to be chilled but great refreshing wine. Hartford also had a great Rose of Pinot Noir. Unti in Dry Creek did a more traditional Rose made of Greneche and Mourvèdre.
Lastly, I think that Chris Loxton makes a great Vin Gris of Syrah. Of course, I'm biased, I work for Chris at Loxton Cellars on the weekend. :-)
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- Reply by Philip, Mar 31, 2008.
A Vin Gris (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_gris) - very very interesting. Outside of blanc de noir champagne, which i dont think counts, i dont think ive ever had a white wine made with a red grape.
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76 - Reply by andrew, Mar 31, 2008.
My favorite Rose is Pourcieux http://www.snooth.com/wine/chateau-de-pourcieux-cotes-de-provence-rose-2006 It's not too sweet and it's great when chilled. Pairs well with just about everything I've tried
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- Reply by Philip, Mar 31, 2008.
Ps. its raining here and i'm struggling to dream about the joys of a crisp rose...(perhaps while sitting on a wooden jetty watching waves break on golden beach?). Anyway, its far far away at the moment
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- Reply by danpetroski, Mar 31, 2008.
Philip, sorry about the rain.... but just wanted to add one more to the list, not a Rose by definition, but acts like one. Valle dell'Acate's Frapatto. One of the only single varietal (or variety, need to check a previous blog post on Snooth about this!) bottlings of Frapatto. It is a clean, pure red wine that smells of strawberries and rose petals and is used mainly as a blending grape for Cerasuolo. This wine should be drunk a bit chilled and definitely, as Philip describes, on a beach.
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233 - Reply by ccarpita, Apr 1, 2008.
I have been one loathe to rose in the past, but I'm getting a hankering. Thanks for the rec, Philip, would love to pick it up locally if possible...
