Rosé wine - yes or no?

[Gavin Bl]

flies down like bloody pop, though.

 

[cesare]

flies down like bloody pop, though.

That's why you have to check the alc%age!

 

[madzone]

That's why you have to check the alc%age!

The low % ones are usually really syrupy though

I used to get a strong one and add fizzy water

 

[Geri]

I don't like it. I think I will have to chuck it away.

 

[cesare]

The low % ones are usually really syrupy though

I used to get a strong one and add fizzy water

That's just a cheap pink spritzer

 

[cesare]

I don't like it. I think I will have to chuck it away.

Don't waste it. Use it for cooking.

 

[Jenerys]

I don't like it. I think I will have to chuck it away.

Stick vodka in it

 

[madzone]

That's just a cheap pink spritzer

Homophobe

 

[the button]

I like the ones that are like light reds rather than the ones like heavy whites, IYSWIM.

 

[cesare]

Homophobe

How very dare you. I'm a spritzerist

 

[Onket]

I don't like it. I think I will have to chuck it away.

Don't be bloody ridiculous!

 

[Jenerys]

Yeah, she should put vodka in it to make a poor woman's stolly bolly

 

[madzone]

How very dare you. I'm a spritzerist

Yeah, yeah. I bet some of your best friends drink spritzers as well

 

[cesare]

Yeah, yeah. I bet some of your best friends drink spritzers as well

I hope not

 

[machine cat]

Yeah, yeah. I bet some of your best friends drink spritzers as well

There's no need for insults madzone.

 

[Epona]

Some are really nice and others are really shit - much like any other sort of wine. I really like a nice rosé on a warm summer evening.

 

[Intastella]

It's the wine of choice for me at the mo.

Used to drink red, and detest white, then it switched round, and now i can only drink rose. I may have overdone it slightly with the other 2...

 

[isitme]

it's great for hangovers

 

[Geri]

Stick vodka in it

I don't have any vodka - I hate the stuff.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

<sniggers arrogantly at faux-pas>

Why is that a faux pas?

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

I'm usually a red wine drinker, but I don't want red wine in the summer when I'd rather have a glass of something chilled.

I guess it can be a bit of a compromise for red wine drinkers as a summer drink.

But it also goes fantastically well with barbecued food.

As with any wines though there are generally good wines, and also personal tastes come into it.

 

[kyser_soze]

A decent chilled rose is a nice thing to drink, goes well with lots of food etc and as Ann says, good for summer when red is just a bit too much.

 

[Cid]

Why is that a faux pas?

European Rosé is generally dry... Americans do medium sweet Rosé, but that's a bit '70s.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

chilled, nice in the summer

Yep - great for long summer evenings....she says while looking at dark clouds

 

[Madusa]

Lambrusco rosé's great!

 

[N_igma]

Better than red or white, still a bit rotten for my liking though.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

European Rosé is generally dry... Americans do medium sweet Rosé, but that's a bit '70s.

That's not what a faux pas is. That's just plain being wrong.
Anyway it isn't wrong and hasn't really been since the 50s. Every rose I have ever had (even when said to be dry) has been way too fruity and sweet for me.

For future reference. A faux pas is a breach of social etiquette.

 

[blueplume]

Yep - great for long summer evenings....she says while looking at dark clouds

adding sparkling water and ice to rosé for long summer evenings...

 

[The Boy]

The Best Rose comes from the Ventoux. You also get some good ones from Provence.

The New World (USA in particular) make a load of gash.

disclaimer: all of the above is opinion, not fact. That's my personal opinion and not a statement of fact. OPINION, NOT FACT.

edit: I'm talking of the sort of new world rose that is prevailant (sp?) in the UK market. They may well make lovely rose wine, I just haven't encountered it.

 

[sleaterkinney]

I wouldn't go out of my way to drink it.