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Wine Talk -
Think Pink....
As I write this, we’ve just experienced
a delightful Easter – weather wise.
As you read this, I’m hoping the sun
is shining and temperatures have
increased somewhat. Sunshine in
spring has a habit of bringing out that
most ‘summer’ of wines – rose – and
I’ll hold my hands up to the fact that
the good weather over the holiday
period got me thinking all things pink
in anticipation of the months ahead.
Once thought of as a by-product of
the left-over red grape harvests, rose
is now drunk by a wide range of
consumers and entire brands have been
built on their rose offerings – rather
than being a product line associated
with a larger domain or chateau.
Production of rose has also been
influenced by a great many celebrities.
From the couple formerly known as
‘Brangelina’ to Graham Norton and
even Kylie Minogue, a great many
A-listers are dipping their toe in the
world of pink wine.
I’m pretty sure in this day and age I
don’t need to explain how rose is made
but just in case there are still some that
are in the dark, let’s just clear up the
fact that rose is not made by mixing
red wine with white wine! That’s not to
say one couldn’t do this if so desired,
but the likely outcome would not be
too palatable.
Rose in the main, comes from red
grapes and begins its journey towards
its destination in the same way as red
wine does. That is to say, the grape
juice is left to ferment with the skins
still in contact to extract the flavour.
Where things start to differ is that t