"James Silverton" > skrev i meddelandet
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> Hello All!
>
> I don't drink much Rose wine but this is interesting:
> http://tinyurl.com/cd2ev6
>
> " A draft directive that for purists is about as sacrilegious as giving a
> Michelin star to McDonald's. They fear that if it goes though next month,
> then the years of tradition that have gone into the development of rosé
> wine will count for nothing.
>
> Instead of the delicate process of maceration leading to that youthful
> pink blush and the taste of fresh flowers, manufacturers across Europe
> will be allowed a rather more basic recipe: take one bottle of red wine
> and one bottle of white. Mix"
>

Er, yeah ... but it works rather well with Champagne ... and while there is
a lot of crap wine produced, the relative percentage of rosé crap to other
kinds of c-p is ... well, there is made a lot of bad rosé, is what I am
trying to say, and if bad winemakers get a new device for making bad wine,
well, I shall learn to live with it, and to avoid it.

Pink blush, well YES, but "taste of fresh flowers"? Not very often, in my
experience ...

Still, interesting in its way, don't you think? And I wonder what the
winemakers in Provence are saying ...

Cheers

Nils