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Rose the next fashionable wine?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 2:12 am
by Daryl Douglas
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
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 7:19 am
by Loztralia
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".
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 7:53 am
by rooman
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?
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 8:44 am
by Loztralia
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.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:12 am
by rooman
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.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:51 am
by Wayno
or even decantering/decanting
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:54 am
by rooman
Wayno wrote:or even decantering/decanting
I thought that was something a horse did when it was slowing down.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 12:08 pm
by jeremy
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
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 1:26 pm
by cuttlefish
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
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 6:05 pm
by jeremy
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!
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 7:02 pm
by Daryl Douglas
Wayno wrote:or even decantering/decanting
On your horse squire! Learn to gallop!
Cheers
daz
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 9:37 pm
by monghead
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.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 9:45 pm
by griff
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
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:08 pm
by rooman
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.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:19 pm
by brad
Ahem, well, we're making a Rose for the first time this year so it must be cool..
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:30 pm
by Daryl Douglas
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
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:49 pm
by brad
Daz, I might add that ours will be made from cabernet in the ... um... traditional method.
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:24 pm
by Daryl Douglas
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.
Max temp here is still in the high 20s.
Cheers
daz