At one time, dry rosé from the South of France was one of the most popular wine categories in America. Then the dreaded White Zinfandel epidemic swept across the land: Like the plague during the Middle Ages, it destroyed everything in its path, obliterating good taste much as the plague wiped out human lives. After a while, serious wine drinkers didn’t want to be caught drinking pink wine in public, for fear that others would think it was White Zinfandel ; of course, White Zinfandel drinkers didn’t want dry rosé either, because it wasn’t sweet enough.

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Dry rosé became one of the Rodney Dangerfield wine categories, shunned by almost everyone. In the past five years it had made a miraculous comeback, enjoying growth of 30-40% per year. Mark looks at the styles of dry rosé, along with the leading producers and popular food pairings. On Bizarre Beverage News, Mark surveys a trio of stories: new research detailing the effect of alcohol on your waistline; a winemaker in Croatia who can no longer call his dessert wine Prosek, because the EU is afraid someone might confuse it with Prosecco; a Virginia winemaker who was arrested for making sixty-seven cents worth of Grappa, and charged with a felony.

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Provence Rosé—Link to: http://www.provencewineusa.com

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