Prime Time for Pink: 22 Rosés to See Out Summer 2024
Summer was late coming this year and so is my round-up rosés, but here it is, new wines and new vintages of old favourites, blazing a trail
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Aug 1
WINE OF THE WEEK: Rogers & Rufus Rosé 2022, Barossa, Australia
This refreshing, pale, dry Barossa Grenache rosé defies all stereotypes of Australian wine
May 14
Bats, Bees, Birds, Biodiversity and Organic Rosé: Château Galoupet in Provence
Freshly picked – grapes from the 2023 rosé harvest at Château Galoupet in Provence. L to r: Cinsault, Tibouren, Syrah, Rolle, Grenache In...
Apr 18
Doppler Pet Nut 2021, Štajerska Slovenija, Slovenia
£17.99, House of Townend Let’s get the name out of the way: Pet Nut is the Doppler winery’s jokey name for this gently sparkling, lightly...
Jul 19, 2023
Prime Time for Pink: Rosés for Summer 2023
Update, August 3 I've just added two more southern French rosés: Alaina, which is new to me, although its producer, Laurent Miquel,...
Feb 16, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Arbousset Tavel 2021, Rhône, France
£12, Tesco Tavel in the southern Rhône is France's only appellation (AOC) to produce rosé exclusively and it's never afraid to be bold in...
Aug 10, 2022
Prime Time for Pink: Summer Rosé Round-up 2022 Part 2: Provence and the South
This second rosé round-up of the summer is devoted to Provence, plus five wines from the south of France. Why hive off Provence from the...
Jul 19, 2022
Prime Time for Pink: Summer 2022 Rosé Round-up Part 1
Update, August 12 I've just added two more wines to this, so it's now 12 appetite-whetting rosés. The additions, Ramón Bilbao Rosado and...
Jun 24, 2022
Celebrating English Wines
My picks for the second weekend of English Wine Week celebrations. Not that they're only for English Wine Week. English wines are for...
May 12, 2022
WINE OF THE WEEK: Kutjevo Rosé 2020, Slavonia, Croatia
£14.49/£12.49 in a 12-bottle mix, Laithwaites If you like your rosés very pale, look no further. If you don't like your rosés very pale,...
Aug 26, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Rui Madeira Beyra Rosé 2020, Beira Interior, Portugal
£9.95, The Wine Society In the second of my two summer rosé roundups, I applauded the more interesting textures making rosés ever more...
Aug 25, 2021
Why the 2008 Rosé Marks A Mini Revolution at Champagne Charles Heidsieck
It's not the ten years on lees – the 2005 rosé had 11 years – or the 2mm smaller diameter bottle neck "to tighten the ageing" that chef...
Aug 11, 2021
Prime Time for Pink: Summer 2021 Rosé Roundup Part 2
As in part one, there's a cross-section of styles, grape varieties, origins and prices here and I'm going from high to low again, so that...
Jul 29, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Famille Lafage Miraflors Rosé 2020, Côtes Catalanes, France
£12.99–£13.95, Urban Grapes, Alteus Wine, Gourmet Hunters, Simply Wines Direct, All About Wine I tasted this Roussillon rosé for the...
Jul 15, 2021
Love Island: why Chanel bought Domaine de l'Ile on Porquerolles
Why would the luxury goods giant Chanel buy a wine estate in a remote part of the tiny (car-free) island of Porquerolles? The answer that...
Jul 7, 2021
Prime Time for Pink: Summer 2021 Rosé Roundup Part 1
Now that winemakers all around the world treat rosé with as much respect as red and white wines, there are so many good rosés in such a...
Mar 30, 2021
Spring Drinking for Under a Tenner: a Dozen from The Wine Society
This is a selection from a tasting of 48 samples in mini bottles, as you can see above, hosted virtually by the eight Wine Society...
Dec 16, 2020
The Festive Champagne Guide 2020
I hardly need say that the past year isn't going to go down in history as very celebratory and that 2021 is looking shaky, but I don't...
Dec 11, 2020
The Festive White & Rosé Wine Guide 2020
I've tasted far and wide to pick white wines and rosés from a dozen countries to fill your glasses with festive cheer during this...
Nov 18, 2020
Festive Fizz 2020: Anything But Champagne
It may be a festive season unlike any other, but we'll still need wine of all sorts –perhaps more than ever. The first of my 2020...
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