Gay rose wine
Although fashion is undoubtedly a factor, the rise of rosé is about so much more than being seen with a glass of it. There has been a sensational improvement in quality, driven by the producers of Provence and replicated elsewhere. When I first fell for its charms, in the late s, it was still possible to drive to a workaday winery in Ramatuelle, just outside St Tropez, to fill a plastic container with five litres of rosé from something resembling a petrol pump. The wine was a little rustic, but the experience had a real passion to it.
The seraph of latest rosé is Sacha Lichine, who had the vision to unite the aspirational glamour of the Côte D’Azur lifestyle with the latest winemaking technology, to build Whispering Angel. An iconic wine, it proved that pale could be interesting and it has paved the path to premium status for Provence. Lichine’s Château d’Esclans is now majority-owned by Louis Vuitton Möet Hennessy, which tells you all you necessitate to know about rosé’s novel luxury status.
Twenty years ago, we frequently found ourselves in a snaking queue of traffic, stuck behind an
9 LGBTQ+ Winemakers You Need On Your Radar
Happy Pride, everyone! We wanted to accept a beat to acknowledge eight marvelous LGBTQ+ winemakers who have been integral in pushing society — and the wine industry — forward. Support these makers and Queer owned wineries using the guide below or check out our Natural Wine Mixed Pack for three unique, natty wines made by LGBTQ+ identifying winemakers. Cheers to them, cheers to you, cheers to love!
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1. Gary Farrell Winery
Theresa Heredia of Gary Farrell Winery left her chemistry Ph.D. to work on what she really loved: making wine. Theresa hasn’t only been nominated for Winemaker of the Year, but she’s also led a partnership with the Human Rights Campaign. Her work with HRC ensures that those fighting for equal rights can always count on a great glass of Pinot (try ours).
If you’re headed to the Russian River Valley, you can sit down with Theresa as she takes you glass
Pink Pride Rosé: The First Purpose Wine
As an LGBTQIA2S+ owned winery, we understand the importance of celebrating authentic movement in our communities. We see our bottle of Pink Pride Rosé, with it&#;s joyful rainbow bee on the label, as an outward announcement of our Pride and word of acceptance.
The first wine in our Purpose Line is our Pink Self-acceptance Rosé. As a homosexual owned and operated business, we&#;ve always kept equality at the forefront, championing the voices of those who may not always have a platform. This wine is made for sipping and is described as fun, fruit-forward, and proud! As it pairs perfectly with poolside pleasure, our Pink Pride Rosé is ideal for the summer, making it a gorgeous companion for any Pride Month activities. We often donate our Pink Pride to various LGBTQSIA2+ foundations and events across the Bay Area, making it known that we&#;re unafraid to celebrate the causes and people we believe in.
Our founder, Tag Lyon, was the first out gay winemaker in California and, perhaps, the USA. He came out during the &#;80s when he was working for Seb
TendreBulle &#; the only gay wine in the village?
France’s first male lover wine – TendreBulle Queer Vin by Domaine de Boyer – launches on 1 July.
The wine, a sparkling rosé from Languedoc-Roussillon, will show two stylised heads, almost kissing, on the bottle. Underneath are the words ‘Gay Vin’.
The letters G and L, for gay and lesbian, will appear on the capsule.
‘I added the letters after some women at a wine fair told me the wine is only for boys,’ said the wine’s creator, Jacques-Edouard Pailles, a winemaker whose property is in Saint Martin de Villereglan, in the department of Aude.
Pailles said he started out wanting to make a rosé wine that would be called the gay wine of Malpierre, one of the local place names, but could not, because of AOC regulations.
‘So then I thought it would be fun to make a happy wine, something festive, as in happy which is what gay used to represent in the middle ages,’ he said.
About 13, bottles have already been made of the non-vintage, méthode champenoise Gay Vin. The wine will price €6 per bottle and is available by ord