Think Pink, Drink Pink

Rosé Wine

Let me start with this. I’m not a wine aficionado in particular. My area of expertise lies in cocktails.
I don’t drink red wine…I’ve tried so many, but simply I detest its taste. But I do enjoy a glass of white wine with good food sometimes.

My latest craze i.e, Rosé happened this summer, during my visit to Stockholm.
…It was love at ..the 3rd sip for me. Coz the first 2 sips I wasn’t ready to believe I was having a type of wine. (My knowledge about wines is circumscribed).


I didn’t believe it firstly, because… it was pink.
now, which wine is pink??
It had an attractive pink colour...with a slight sparkle. Was really good. It was really enjoyable with our dinner.. I was having something called…well, it was roast duck mostly.

As we were discussing wine over dinner, I got to know more about rosé..

'Mateus' is considered one of the best rosé wines in the world. It originates from Portugal. Taste wise, rosé wines come in all grades of sweetness and dryness – generally it tends to be crisp, dry, light, aromatic and lack tannins and heaviness of red wines.
Mateus till sometime back had been the only rosé in the market. Now many more countries have been making great quality rosé wine.

People usually have Rosé when they want to have something which is in the in between tastes of red an d white wine.

I researched a bit onnit…
§ Rosé actually means “pinkish” in French and that aptly sums up the colour of the wine.

§ Rosé can be produced one of two ways. Usually it’s made by crushing red wine grapes, then leaving the dark skins in contact with the juice for a much shorter time than they would be for a red wine, so that the wine takes on only a pink coloring. It’s made like a white wine, though it’s not usually oaked.

The second method, used most commonly in France’s Champagne region, involves adding a small amount of red wine to white wine in order to stain it pink – that’s the only time blending red and white wines is legal in France!


§ Rosé wine has food-friendly acidity and light berry fruitiness and these wines. Rosé wines are less acid and have a lighter structure and a lower astringency.

§ They are great with a wide variety of foods. Especially asian cuisine and seafood (which wud contain each other..n hey, feel free to try it with pizza too!)

§ Dictator saddam Hussein loved to drink wine and would usually wash down barbequed meats and kebabs with a rosé wine – the brand “Mateus” was his favourite!

§ Used to come in a bulbous flask shaped bottles (I thought it to be pretty).. n in many restaurants is used as lampshades!

§ Indian producers have also got onto the rosé bandwagon – Grover Vineyards have a dry salmon pink coloured Rose whilst Sula Wines sell a fruity California style blush Zinfandel. Both wines taste perfect with tandoori fish or spicy Indian dishes.

...n soooo many more!

I sincerely recommend Mateus Rosé. u can have it during the day..at lunch as well as at dinner. As I’ve read, Rosé drinking is really in..try it the next time you’re going for a nice dinner…or lunch. And even at special occasions!...like anniversaries..any other special dates.

I haven’t really tried looking for it in Indian restaurants..so I don’t know if its available. Is available at duty free liquour shops at Rs. 350 approx (if i remember correctly).