Rosé – A Win for Quality and Tradition?
EU dropped plans to allow the blending method (mixing red and white wine) for rosé production due to pressure from producers. This shows that there is still a place for passion, history and quality in rosé production in France and Europe. This is a big gain for certain producers or regions, such as Provence in the South of France, where growers use the more time consuming methods to produce great wines (the great shades of pink to orange, with great balance, acidity and aromas). – On the other hand however, it could be argued that adding blending wines is just another technique such as adding additives.
