Winning essay of the Lallemand Bursary 2011 for Master of Wine students. The rosé landscape is looking particularly rosy. In the UK, for instance, rosé is now included in the basket of goods that measures inflation while in France, rosé has overtaken white wine as the nation’s favoured tipple. Consumers have been embracing a veritable palette of styles over the…
This article was first published in Gourmet Rabbit March 2010 www.gourmetrabbit.com 1st course It all happened very quickly. I attended my first wine appreciation course when barely of legal alcohol drinking age and that was it; I was smitten. I learnt that wine can tell a story – which grapes were used to craft it and where they were grown,…
By Sharon Wild Written in Nice in August 2009 for National Liquor News Rose coloured glasses are increasingly popular on the world stage. And while it’s a wine type truly diverse in terms of style, it’s generally not taken very seriously – by the industry and consumers alike. Indeed, rose as a category is commonly lumped together with reds –…
