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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Bees Knees – Bees Knees Rosé 2022

Bees Knees - Bees Knees Rosé 2022 Where is a wine I can serve with artichoke? A truly tricky match - but I have a solution! Consider a rosé, and this delightful citrussy Grenache from South Africa truly lives up to its name… enough structure to tackle those creamy,...

Domaine de Bois Moze – Cremant de Loire Brut Rose

Domaine de Bois Moze - Domaine de Bois Moze Cremant de Loire Brut Rose My favourite piece of ballet music? The Rose Adagio (appropriately enough) from The Sleeping Beauty- La Belle au Bois Dormant in French. This enchanting fizz from the romantic Anjou region is my...

Mas de Daumas Gassac

Mas de Daumas Gassac At the rose tinted restaurant of the glorious Wallace Collection in London, where painted demoiselles swing on the walls and ladies lunch. With my delicately spiced cauliflower soup and chalk stream trout a pink wine is of course ideal. This...

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...