A New Wave of American Rosé Rivals Anything From France
With producers from sea to shining sea, look for these 11 bottles to ring in the Fourth of July.
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The perfect time for #roseallday is surely Fourth of July, when beach picnics are followed by evening barbecues and watching fireworks from a blanket in the middle of a field. Now it’s easy to make sure the rosés in your ice bucket are all proudly Made in the America, too.
In the not-so-distant past, that wasn’t the case. Robert Sinskey, owner of the eponymous Napa winery, says rosé was a “dirty word” when he made his first one in 1991. The most popular wines were sweet “blush” wines, aka white zinfandel, and no one would buy his Euro-inspired dry rosé, which he named Vin Gris of pinot noir. Today it’s the fastest-selling wine in his portfolio, and more than 100 Napa wineries make their own versions, though often in tiny quantities.