The Rose Report – Think Pink

Welcome to The Rosé Report.

Here pink wine gets the attention it deserves. Great rosé is as versatile as it gets. Brilliant on its own, perfect with friends, and one of the finest food wines there is, equally at home alongside grilled fish, spicy curries or a Sunday roast. Every review here is entirely independent, built on four decades of tasting and writing. No sponsorship, no influence, just honest opinion. Let’s find your next favourite bottle.

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Monte del Fra – Chiaretto di Bardolino Rose

Monte del Fra - Chiaretto di Bardolino Rose Here’s to us all on International Women’s Day - to all of us who work with wine, appreciate wine and know wine. I toast you with a delightful Chiaretto di Bardolino from the Veneto. Subtle, delicate and well balanced. Like...

AIX – AIX Rose

AIX - AIX Rose Aix is a clever wine. Great presentation - in a huge range of formats- and it tastes spot on. Balanced, red fruits, enough of a finish to work with a spicy grilled squid salad including raw fennel. Delightful moment in an excellent London wine venue....

Waitrose & Partners – Waitrose Susumaniello Rose

Waitrose & Partners - Waitrose Susumaniello Rose I recently returned to Oxfordshire and I’d lost sight of Oxford’s charms- first seen long ago when I was a student. Punting on the Cherwell is a true enchantment; in the same league with a gondola in Venice. So, today I...

M. Chapoutier – Rouge Clair

M. Chapoutier - Rouge Clair Light red wine served cool- take it from me, it’s a brilliant choice- very 2026. This stylish bottle is from the renowned Rhone house of Michel Chapoutier and comes in at only 11.5%. It’s an honorary rosé. Ideal with pissaladière or this...

Juan Gil – Organic Rose

Juan Gil (Familia Gil) - Juan Gil Organic Rose A JuicyJumilla today- this unusual organic Spanish pink enjoys a short stay in oak which gives it structure without heaviness on the palate. Produced from Syrah, a spicy favourite grape of mine - and Petit Verdot which...

La Gioiosa et Amorosa – Rose Millesimato

La Gioiosa et Amorosa - La Gioiosa Prosecco Rose Millesimato For all of you emerging, blinking, from Dry January- may I present an exceptional Prosecco for your consideration. This delicate lychee pink fizz has a subtle Italian elegance, delicate stone fruit flavour...