When red and white wine sales are steadily dwindling around Europe, what could the answer be? Mix them both together to make rosé says the EU.
Rosé wine has been produced for decades all around the world and there are a number of different ways to produce it, all of which take great care and refined processes. The “nobler” way is the most common and this involves bleeding the ‘tannin’ from the mixture after the red grapes are crushed before it can mix into the wine. This produces a lovely rose-coloured appearance and a light glow.
Brussels have had another idea for making the very popular rosé wine and it is a little more crude. They have put forward a proposition to make the wine by taking white wine (around 95%) and mixing in a little red wine until the mixture takes on a pinkish look. A draft EU plan will be put to a final vote on the 27th April and if passed will allow any producer in Europe to make and sell the new wine
Wine makers in Provence, where the majority of France’s rosé wine is currently made are outraged. Many of them feel that the producers of red and white wine in Europe are selling out since white wine sales have been overtaken by rosé in France. Business is better than ever right now so it is no wonder why wine makers may be shifting their producing habits. Rosé wine rack up a figure of 22% of total wine sales in France currently.
The new blended wine will not catch on according to many experts who play down the idea it is an alternative option. Many state that only through grueling testing and years of refinement can a rosé develop it’s unique qualities and drinkability. This is not something they think can be matched by such amateurish methods
