Rosé wines need our help. (Not really, but it's fun to think that our drinking might do some good.) Either way, our Wine Curmudgeon explains what's going on in the rosé industry and where you can get an affordable bottle.
Two years of pandemic-related supply shortages should ease a little this year as we approach the start of 2022’s rosé season. That's the good news. The bad news? Expect to pay more for your favorite pink wine.
He’s talking about his Italian wines, including the much-beloved glass-corked Scaia rosé , but that overview should hold true for wine not only from Europe but from the U.S. too. The new rosés will start to trickle in over the next couple of weeks before reaching a crescendo at the end of May, but talk to local retailers, importers and producers, and there’s a sense that even as the supply chain starts to become less congested, it won’t become less congested enough to keep prices down.