Rosé: Understanding the Pink Wine Revolution

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This expert guide to rosé begins with a history of rosé and its developingeconomics and viticulture, analysing the role of Provence as a catalyst forchange, other French rosés, and pink wines from around the world. Essential reading for wine professionals, students and collectors, as wellas serious wine lovers and wine tourists.;Front cover -- Series info -- Title page -- Copyright info -- Contents -- Introduction: The ugly duckling -- 1. The history of rosé wine -- 2. Viticulture and winemaking -- 3. Historic rosé regions -- 4. The rosés of Provence -- Map: The rosés of Provence -- 5. Classic French regional rosés -- Map: A simplified guideline to the varietal styles of French rosé. -- 6. North American rosé -- 7. The southern hemisphere -- 8. Pink sparkling wine -- 9. Spanish and Portuguese rosé -- 10. Italian rosé -- 11. Rosés from northern and central European varieties -- 12. French-influenced Mediterranean rosé -- 13. The Balkans, the Adriatic and the eastern Mediterranean -- Map: Rosé-producing countries of the Balkans, the Adriatic and the eastern Mediterranean, illustrating the wealth of indigenous varieties used in rosé wines -- 14. The business of rosé -- Figure: The evolution of rosé wine bottle shapes -- Table: World production, consumption and trade of rosé wine in 2015. -- Conclusion: The swan emerges -- Appendix: Rosé wine terminology in other languages -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index. Front cover -- Series info -- Title page -- Copyright info -- Contents -- Introduction: The ugly duckling -- 1. The history of rosé wine -- 2. Viticulture and winemaking -- 3. Historic rosé regions -- 4. The rosés of Provence -- Map: The rosés of Provence -- 5. Classic French regional rosés -- Map: A simplified guideline to the varietal styles of French rosé. -- 6. North American rosé -- 7. The southern hemisphere -- 8. Pink sparkling wine -- 9. Spanish and Portuguese rosé -- 10. Italian rosé -- 11. Rosés from northern and central European varieties -- 12. French-influenced Mediterranean rosé -- 13. The Balkans, the Adriatic and the eastern Mediterranean -- Map: Rosé-producing countries of the Balkans, the Adriatic and the eastern Mediterranean, illustrating the wealth of indigenous varieties used in rosé wines -- 14. The business of rosé -- Figure: The evolution of rosé wine bottle shapes -- Table: World production, consumption and trade of rosé wine in 2015. -- Conclusion: The swan emerges -- Appendix: Rosé wine terminology in other languages -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index.