Rose the next fashionable wine?

Daryl Douglas · Post by **Daryl Douglas** » Mon May 18, 2009 2:12 am

Beaujolais seems to be a faded fad. But the French are passionate to the point of violence about wine, according to this article. Chianti has never quite been rose and is now required, I believe, to comprise only red varieties, but:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/st ... 40,00.html

Of course it could be a News Ltd beat-up just like those of Albrechtsen, interesting though.

Cheers

daz

Loztralia · Post by **Loztralia** » Mon May 18, 2009 7:19 am

Pedantry corner: I don't know whether the article is accurate, but I do know this is illiterate: "French vignerons are up in arms -- literally".

rooman · Post by **rooman** » Mon May 18, 2009 7:53 am

Loztralia wrote:Pedantry corner: I don't know whether the article is accurate, but I do know this is illiterate: "French vignerons are up in arms -- literally".

Should that be Pedant corner?

Loztralia · Post by **Loztralia** » Mon May 18, 2009 8:44 am

rooman wrote:
Loztralia wrote:Pedantry corner: I don't know whether the article is accurate, but I do know this is illiterate: "French vignerons are up in arms -- literally".
Should that be Pedant corner?

Wouldn't have thought so - in the manner of driver's/driving licence I imagine either is ok.

rooman · Post by **rooman** » Mon May 18, 2009 11:12 am

Loztralia wrote:
rooman wrote:
Loztralia wrote:Pedantry corner: I don't know whether the article is accurate, but I do know this is illiterate: "French vignerons are up in arms -- literally".
Should that be Pedant corner?

Wouldn't have thought so - in the manner of driver's/driving licence I imagine either is ok.

I was sort of thinking a long the lines of Dunce Hat or Fool's Corner.

Wayno · Post by **Wayno** » Mon May 18, 2009 11:51 am

or even decantering/decanting

rooman · Post by **rooman** » Mon May 18, 2009 11:54 am

Wayno wrote:or even decantering/decanting

I thought that was something a horse did when it was slowing down.

jeremy · Post by **jeremy** » Mon May 18, 2009 12:08 pm

Rooman wrote

Wayno wrote:
or even decantering/decanting
I thought that was something a horse did when it was slowing down.

Well, whatever it is, we all know it's a myth :wink:

And we all know chambourcin is the next big thing, for its structure alone

cuttlefish · Post by **cuttlefish** » Mon May 18, 2009 1:26 pm

jeremy wrote:Rooman wrote
Wayno wrote:
or even decantering/decanting
I thought that was something a horse did when it was slowing down.

Well, whatever it is, we all know it's a myth And we all know chambourcin is the next big thing, for its structure alone

Let's not forget Pinotage

jeremy · Post by **jeremy** » Mon May 18, 2009 6:05 pm

cuttlefish wrote

jeremy wrote:
Rooman wrote
Quote:
Wayno wrote:
or even decantering/decanting
I thought that was something a horse did when it was slowing down.

Well, whatever it is, we all know it's a myth And we all know chambourcin is the next big thing, for its structure alone

Let's not forget Pinotage

Oh yeah, pinotage already flying off the shelf here in Brissy. The higher the price the more it sells! :lol:

Daryl Douglas · Post by **Daryl Douglas** » Mon May 18, 2009 7:02 pm

Wayno wrote:or even decantering/decanting

On your horse squire! Learn to gallop! :lol:

Cheers

daz

monghead · Post by **monghead** » Mon May 18, 2009 9:37 pm

Wayno wrote:or even decantering/decanting

Well done Wayno. Certainly a pet peeve of mine too...

As an aside, could I add regimen/regime...

Monghead.

griff · Post by **griff** » Mon May 18, 2009 9:45 pm

monghead wrote:
Wayno wrote:or even decantering/decanting

Well done Wayno. Certainly a pet peeve of mine too...

As an aside, could I add regimen/regime...

Monghead.

SNAP! Lot's of totalitarian health professionals around

rooman · Post by **rooman** » Mon May 18, 2009 10:08 pm

griff wrote:
monghead wrote:
Wayno wrote:or even decantering/decanting

Well done Wayno. Certainly a pet peeve of mine too...

As an aside, could I add regimen/regime...

Monghead.

SNAP! Lot's of totalitarian health professionals around

I am not sure what this discussion about totalitarians has to do with horses. Terrible case of thread drift.

brad · Post by **brad** » Mon May 18, 2009 10:19 pm

Ahem, well, we're making a Rose for the first time this year so it must be cool..

Daryl Douglas · Post by **Daryl Douglas** » Mon May 18, 2009 10:30 pm

rooman wrote:I am not sure what this discussion about totalitarians has to do with horses. Terrible case of thread drift.

Me neither really. Posted the link because of the controversy in France about "faux" rose. The violence is an extreme reaction but neither am I comfortable with the idea of a white varietal with a tint of red rather than red varietal juice pumped off skins early to moderate the resulting wines colouration.

Cheers

daz

brad · Post by **brad** » Mon May 18, 2009 10:49 pm

Daz, I might add that ours will be made from cabernet in the ... um... traditional method. :wink:

Daryl Douglas · Post by **Daryl Douglas** » Mon May 18, 2009 11:24 pm

brad wrote:Daz, I might add that ours will be made from cabernet in the ... um... traditional method.

Sorry Brad, your post wasn't up when I started composing my last on this thread. I don't often buy rose, the first vintage of Teusner Salsa being my latest purchase of the style though I did buy a few bottles each of a couple of vintages of Turkey Flat some years ago. Why I don't buy more rose is a mystery to even myself. The last couple of summers I've been on a cheap/ish chardy binge so next summer, for a change, if I find enough affordable, good roses around I may binge on them. :wink:

Max temp here is still in the high 20s. :evil:

Cheers

daz