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Rosé – a guilty pleasure?!

Last week I was chatting with a male friend about champagne; rosé champagne in particular. He claimed quite enthusiastically, to enjoying it – in the right situation- but admitted it wasn’t “something I’d be keen ordering with a group of male only friends”. When I asked why not, he told me he believed that pink wine and champagne still had some way to go, to throw off its historically feminine image.

I asked on Twitter- whether chaps would be happy ordering Rosé in all male company.

It seems that some men simply don’t rate rosé:

All male company isn’t the issue. If there’s good white/red (sparkling or not) why bother with rose? for me, it’s a poor cousin. Matt from Leeds.

Others are quite happy with rosé and their masculinity!

Yes, because I’m a real man and can cope with both rose tinted shirts and rose tinted bubbles! Douglas Blyde- Food, Wine and Travel Writer

It seems however that pink champagne might be a secret and guilty pleasure amongst men folk. Sales data on our website shows that two thirds of the chaps that place orders with us sneak some pink into the case! Of course they may be thinking of the ladies in their life……

Last month Olly Smith featured rosé in one of his articles and he certainly doesn’t think it’s just for the girls! Read his article here in which he praises a Rosé from Charles Ellner.

We’d love to know what you chaps out there think?

Cheers, Helen