Word: mateus
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...bottle of pale pink Château La Canorgue, made just outside the village. Though the days when rosé was scorned are gone, the good stuff tends not to travel, and there's still some not-so-good stuff around (Saddam Hussein was said to be fond of Mateus rosé, a vestige of the bad old days). But now rosé is making a bid for the mainstream, as winemakers try to anticipate the next trend in a fickle market. Wineries like Château Sainte Marguerite from Côtes de Provence are producing crisp, fruity tipples...
...decades, ros? has been scorned as the drink of wine illiterates. Universally, if unfairly, identified with cheap, rounded bottles of Mateus Ros? (apparently a favorite tipple of Saddam Hussein), it's now making a comeback in slick, new guises as winemakers attempt to second-guess a fickle market. Pinot Noir is no longer trendy, Riesling had a short-lived spell of cachet?ros? could be the new flavor of the month. Numbers from the C?tes du Provence region in France, one of the world's main ros?-producing areas, show that exports are on a steady annual increase...
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