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Wine guide: The best rosés for the long weekend

By Michael Cooper
New Zealand Listener·
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Wine guide: The best rosés for the long weekend
In 2013, New Zealand shipped 490,000 litres of rosé. In 2022, that had risen to ­5.83 million litres. Photo / Getty Images

Nothing says summer quite like a rosé. Michael Cooper picks the best of the bunch.

How popular can rosé get? Twenty years ago, rosé was generally seen as a sweet tipple (“lolly water”) for people who didn’t really like wine. Today, a glass of gently chilled, dry or dryish rosé

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