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Love is … a great-value pink bubbly on Valentine’s Day | Fiona Beckett on drinks
A rosé prosecco, cava rosado or crémant is an ideal way to make someone feel special without breaking the bank
Pink fizz is such a Valentine’s Day cliche, but sometimes cliches are cliches for good reason. And, these days, pink wine deserves to be taken seriously, whether it’s sparkling or still. That’s certainly reflected in the price of most rosé champagne, which is almost invariably more expensive than its colourless counterparts – in the case of Krug, a whopping 250 quid, and that’s on special offer at Ocado. When you ask why, there’s usually a lot of mumbo-jumbo spoken about the skill involved in blending, and how it’s more expensive to make, yadda yadda yadda, but it’s hard to see quite what justifies the size of such a premium, other than that they can simply get away with it.
Unlike rosé, which is generally made from lightly pressed red grapes, pink fizz is made by adding a small amount of red wine, generally pinot noir, to a white wine base. As well as champagne, there are some particularly pretty examples in the UK, including Digby’s Leander Pink and the Woodchester Valley Brut Rosé I recommended a couple of weeks ago, though neither of those is inexpensive, either.
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