We Need To Talk About Rosé

Wine Blast with Susie and Peter

It's popular, it's pleasurable - and it's much misunderstood. Rosé is having a moment and yet the myths remain pervasive.
That's our cue to ride to the rescue, busting a host of rosé myths as we go, shooting down cardinal sins from the hip, and urging a radical re-think of rosé all round.
We hear from rosé experts Elizabeth Gabay MW and Ben Berhneim as well as fifth-generation producer Caroline Deforges of the world-famous Clos Cibonne estate in the south of France.
Rosé is often patronisingly dismissed as simple and forgettable. Party plonk best drunk pool-side, ideally while wearing a bikini. And yet, alongside the rise of pink Prosecco and posh Provençal super-cuvées, there's a rosé revolution going on that you really don't want to miss.
As one of our interviewees puts it: 'open your mind' and 'you will be surprised!' So here's to freeing our minds and drinking the sunset! We also recommend a bunch of brilliant rosé wines so you can join in the fun.
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1. We Need To Talk About Rosé (00:00:00)

2. Hello and welcome (00:00:05)

3. Taster quotes - what's coming up (00:00:47)

4. Wine Blast is a finalist in the 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards! (00:01:38)

5. Setting the scene: rosé is on a roll (00:02:42)

6. An alternative rosé scene has also been emerging... (00:05:55)

7. The Fine Rosé Day - and an opening quick-fire question round with Liz Gabay MW (00:07:30)

8. Myth 1 - rosé is for the indecisive! (00:09:48)

9. Myth 2 - rosé is pink (00:11:31)

10. Myth 3 - rosé has to be pale to be good (00:14:13)

11. Myth 4 - rosé should come in clear colourless glass bottles (00:14:53)

12. MID-EPISODE RECAP (00:18:34)

13. Myth 5 - rosé is sweet (00:18:59)

14. Myth 6 - rosé has to be dry to be good (00:19:08)

15. Myth 7 - posh rosé is all about Provence (00:20:56)

16. Myth 8 - Provençal rosé is all the same (00:22:24)

17. Myth 9 - rosé can't be fine wine (00:27:22)

18. Myth 10 - rosé is a pink drink for the poolside in a bikini (00:30:11)

19. Myth 11 - rosé is not a food wine (00:31:15)

20. Myth 12 - rosé isn't ageworthy (00:32:44)

21. Myth 13 - rosé needs to be served ice cold (00:33:38)

22. Myth 14 - rosé needs to be made quick, clean and consistent (00:34:40)

23. Myth 15 - rosé is stuck in the mud (00:35:11)

24. Myth 16 - real men don't drink rosé (00:36:35)

25. Myth 17 - rosé is a clearly defined category (00:37:24)

26. Our rosé recommendations (00:38:47)

27. FINAL SUMMARY (00:44:21)

28. Outro (00:44:57)