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Wine of a very different hue on sale in France
Spanish wine making a splash on south coast of France
There is red wine, white wine and rose – and there is a blue wine, too.
A company in Sète is selling marketing Vindigo, a 100% natural wine that is a very a different colour to the usual wines served at aperos in France.
The unusual colour of the wine, a 100% chardonnay, is created from anthocyanin, a pigment in grape skins, through which the liquid is filtered.
Distributor René Le Bail told France Bleu Hérault that the wine, developed in Spain, is, “an ideal wine for the summer, to drink as an aperitif, on the sand or at the edge of the swimming pool.
“It tastes like fruit. There’s cherry, passion fruit, blackberries,” he said. [ . . . ]
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Exports of rosé from Provence boom thanks to American wine lovers
Exports of rosé wine from Provence have shot up and it’s largely because Americans have a growing thirst for the pink drink. But why is that?
THE LOCAL
The popularity of the drink which was mocked just 20 years ago has reached new heights abroad.
And that’s particularly true in the US, with the country accounting for a whopping 50 percent of exports of the Provencal rosé wine last year.
“The phenomenon of the internationalization of rosé wines from Provence is accelerating,” said Brice Eymard, leader of France’s Provence Wine Council (CIVP) during a press conference in Paris on Thursday.
“Until 2010-2011, we exported very little, France was the main producer and consumer, but we now see the share of exports sharply accelerating,” [ . . . }
Source: THE LOCAL Exports of rosé from Provence boom thanks to American wine lovers – The Local
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