SA rosé keeps on rocking
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Rosé Rocks!’ is South Africa’s first dedicated rosé wine competition which seeks to recognise excellence in rosé winemaking and promote the SA Rosé category. Globally rosé is one of the fastest growing categories of wine. In South Africa alone, sales trebled between 2007 and 2014. This is exciting for consumers and winemakers alike and they simply cannot get enough of this style of wine with all of its sex appeal.
The winners of the recent 2017 Rosé Rocks competition were:
Still Wine Double Gold Medal Winners Backsberg Pinotage Rosé 2017 La Couronne Merlot Rosé 2017 Lace Dry Rosé by Almenkerk 2017 Le Pommier Rosé 2017 Lutzville Shiraz Rosé 2017 Quando Mourvedre 2017 Steenberg Ruby Rosé 2017 Villa Esposto Rosé 2016 Zevenwacht 7even Rosé 2017
Still Wine Gold Medal Winners Allesverloren Tinta Rosé 2017 Babylonstoren Mourvedre Rosé 2017 Bellingham Strawberry Rosé 2017 Croydon Title Deed Rosé 2017 De Krans Pinotage Rosé 2017 Delaire Graff Cabernet Franc Rosé 2016 Diemersfontein Rosé 2016 Foothills Vineyards Dry Rosé 2016 Goats do Roam Rosé 2017 KC Cabernet Franc Rosé 2016 Ken Forrester Petit Rosé 2017 Mulderbosch Cabernet Sauvignon Rosé 2017 Piekenierskloof Grenache Rosé 2016 Laibach Ladybird Organic Rosé 2017 Topiary Rosé 2016 Vrede en Lust Jess Dry Rosé 2017
MCC Double Gold Medal Winners Aetheria Rosé NV (African Pride) Graham Beck Brut Rosé 2012 Le Lude Rosé NV Lord’s Brut Rosé NV Silverthorn The Genie Rosé Brut NV Villiera Tradition Brut Rosé NV
MCC Gold medal winners Allée Bleue Brut Rosé 2014 Domaine des Dieux Rose of Sharon Brut Rosé 2010 Kleine Zalze Brut Rosé NV Wildekrans Brut Rosé 2013
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