Located in the Aloxe-Corton commune in Burgundy’s Côte-d’Or one will find Louis Latour, a historic winery established in 1797 by third-generation winegrower Jean Latour. Over the ...
So far in our rosé series, we’ve recounted the pink hue’s travels from France to Portugal, and then finally to the U.S. But today, we’re heading back to where the phenomenon all began: ...
After Mateus arrived in the U.S., rosé flourished nationwide. The Portuguese pink-hued wine wove into the fabric of the American wine industry in the 1990s, and domestic winemakers quickly ...
Before the establishment of the American Viticultural Area (AVA) system, winemaking in the United States was a bit like the Wild West. There was the challenge of cultivating European grape ...
As we continue our journey through the history of rosé, we approach a pivotal turning point that brought the wine style from its home in Europe to the rest of the world. It all began in ...
After the 1855 Classification of Bordeaux and the signing of the Anglo-French commercial treaty in 1860, the demand for expensive, age-worthy Bordeaux wines shot through the roof. However, ...
Spring is here, and like clockwork, rosé has reentered the collective consciousness. Although we’ve briefly touched upon the pink-hued wine here on “Wine 101” in the past, we’ve never taken ...
After discussing rosé’s possible origins in Massalia last week, our attention shifts to Tavel, a commune located slightly north of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Legend has it that King Philip IV was ...