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Anthony Gismondi on Wine
Thursday, May 21 2020

Rosé Roundup

By: Treve Ring
Time to think, drink PINK

We can easily think and drink pink all year.

But when the late spring sunshine sings in BC, this is prime rosé season. We’ve tasted more than 70 rosés at GOW so far in 2020, with more popping up each week, so watch for regular updates.

Just as pink is the halfway hue between white and red on the colour spectrum, drinking pink offers up the best of both in the wine worlds. Rosés provide the freshness and acidity of white wines, plus the structure, berry fruit and tannin presence of reds. This balance makes rosé wines particularly food-friendly. To really excel, the wines are made by intent, not as an afterthought or side project. Top examples feel effortless: dry, subtly fruited, finely structured, and bright. 

Here are some of our favourite local and international selections for still rosés tasted recently (we spotlit sparkling rosés in February).

Written By: TR
Treve Ring
Treve Ring

Treve Ring is a wine writer and editor, judge and speaker, and perpetual traveller. She is based on Vancouver Island, Canada, though is most often found on a plane or in a vineyard. After completing her Art History degree with Distinction from the University of Victoria and being exposed to the world of wine business at Christie’s in London, England, she switched gears, leaving the realm of art for the world of wine. She is a certified sommelier, WSET diploma holder, Champagne Master, Wine Scholar Guild instructor, and certified Sherry instructor, and has been presenting on wine internationally since co-founding Cru Consultancy, a boutique wine education and consultation company, in 2012. She is the current Chair of the Vancouver Island Sommelier Association.