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National Rosé Day: Fun Facts About Rosé and How To Celebrate

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Sometimes a glass of wine can hit just the right spot, particularly on June 9. That’s when National Rosé Day takes place — a look at one of the beverages that go with summer like hot dogs and baseball.

Whether it’s at a barbecue, at a rooftop bar as you watch a balmy sunset or simply as a treat on a weeknight as you watch the lightning bugs gather outside, rosé is an indispensable part of the festival season around the world. Now, it even has its own day. And as long as you’re ready to enjoy in moderation, are over 21, healthy and aren’t pregnant, this is a great time to take in a glass of the pink stuff.

If you’re a rosé fan, or if you’re just catching up with the beverage, here are a few things you need to know before National Rosé Day.

Fact 1: The holiday was started by Bodvár – House of Rosés, a Swedish winemaker.

No, the boutique winery doesn’t grow the grapes in chilly Sweden, but instead in Saint-Tropez in Provence, France. However, they did manage to petition the registrar of the National Day Calendar to enter a holiday in its ledgers starting in 2015, according to the Detroit News.

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Their 2013 No. 5 rosé — numbers one through four have apparently disappeared, according to Drinkhacker — is a fine beverage if you want some of the sparkling pink wine on June 9. Made of Grenache and Cinsault grapes, it is “(s)omewhat atypical of the typical wines from this region, it offers a nose ripe with mixed fruit, but it also has a sharpness to it, a strong tang — both touched with citrus juice and grated peel.”

Fact 2: Rosé is usually made of black grapes which are processed in a special way.

As with a red wine, the grape skins — the part that imparts the color to the wine — are left in contact with the grape juice, but only for a short time. After between two and 20 hours, depending on how deep the color and how prominent the winemaker wants the tannins to be, the black skins are separated and removed from the juice.

There are other methods, however. The most obvious seems to be blending white and red wines, although under arcane rules of European geographical food regulations this is almost always prohibited. (The exception is champagne, where blending is actually preferred for the rosé, because Europeans can be odd sometimes.) However, there’s nothing stopping winemakers elsewhere, particularly the Americans, from blending white and red wines, should they so choose. There’s also the saignée method to increase tannins, which allows a winemaker to bleed off some of the pink juice earlier in the process.

The wine itself can be still, semi-sparkling or sparkling. It should always be chilled, however, just in case you had any doubts about that.

Fact 3: You don’t need to go with the wine to celebrate National Rosé Day.

In fact, there are several options for those who aren’t wine fans. The Detroit News reports that Three Olives has a rosé vodka. Their reporter “found it to be authentic-tasting with no sucralose aftertaste that some flavored vodkas have” and said that if you “(m)ix it with plain soda water and you may have found your to-go, light-and-breezy summer cocktail.” (Of course, that seems a bit like you might want to just drink regular rosé at that point, but I digress.) Strongbow and Angry Orchard ciders also carry a rosé flavor in case you want something a bit more approachable.

If you live in Philadelphia, you can get something a bit more unique at Assembly Rooftop Bar, which overlooks Logan Square from its southeast corner. They’ve come up with the ultimate combination of summer treats: the rosé popsicle. “Definitely Instagram worthy,” the Philly Voice notes.

Or, perhaps you can get something similar from a more familiar source…

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Fact 4: Taco Bell serves a frosé — or frozen rosé.

Yes, that’s right. According to Food & Wine, the chain famous for its late-night eats also has something a bit more summery on its menu, although only if you’re in two locations. The frosé is only available in Taco Bell Cantina locations in Newport Beach, California and Chicago’s Dearborn St. But who knows? If it grows in popularity, perhaps you could see it at a Bell near you sometime soon, a very adult treat to go with your Gordita.

Fact 5: In fact, you don’t even need to drink alcohol to celebrate National Rosé Day.

You can also wear deodorant to celebrate it. No, really.

Yes, it’s Native Natural Deodorants, which made a group of “brunch scents” last year. Apparently going under the wise assumption that nobody wants to smell like bloody marys or huevos rancheros all day, the one that got the most attention was Natural Rosé deodorant.

Native may be a natural deodorant — that means no aluminum — but that doesn’t mean it’s weak. “A quick recap of workouts I’ve worn Native’s Rosé deodorant to: Y7 hot yoga, SoulCycle, Barry’s Bootcamp, The Class, a run, a Fhitting Room HIIT workout, Swerve cycling, High Fitness dance cardio,” Dominique Michelle Astorino wrote for PopSugar last September. “I’ve also been wearing it in exceptionally hot and sweaty weather in New York and Las Vegas, in addition to my everyday wear in San Francisco. My verdict? This stuff works.”

If you don’t want to smell like rosé all day and want something slightly less alcoholic than the drink, there are also Vosges Haut Chocolate’s white chocolate Rosé BonBons. These chocolates — designed to be paired with rosé if you so choose — include French rosé in the center and retail for $15 per package of six at Whole Foods. That sounds slightly better to me than all that exercise to test out the rosé deodorant. (I doubt they make it for men, anyhow.)

There are plenty of ways to celebrate National Rosé Day across the nation. If you have a Skin Laundry clinic near you in Southern California or New York City, they’re offering a free facial along with a complimentary glass of rosé, according to Elite Daily.

Meanwhile, deep in the heart of Texas, residents of Austin have a few options on National Rosé Day, including an unveiling party for a Texas grown-and-bottled rosé at chic Kitty Cohen’s or something a bit more relaxed at Irene’s, which is offering a selection of rosés for only $5 per glass on their “sprawling, tree-shadowed patio,” according to austin360.

Meanwhile, you have the rosé-sicle in Philly, or Detroit residents can have frosé at Public House in Ferndale, Gather in Eastern Market, the Apparatus Room in Downtown Detroit and Honcho in Clarkston. And wherever you are, you can probably find an event near you. Or, simply buy a bottle from the supermarket and enjoy with some friends over a board game or simply on the back porch as another summer day draws to a close. As long as you enjoy in moderation, your taste buds will thank you.

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C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he's written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014.
C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he's written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he enjoys spending time with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties).
Birthplace
Morristown, New Jersey
Education
Catholic University of America
Languages Spoken
English, Spanish
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American Politics, World Politics, Culture




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