Word: rosé
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...Perhaps it was the bottle of red, or the ros?, or the arak, or the starry Bekaa night, but suddenly it all started to make sense: We were drinking for Lebanon. The Lebanese economy is now hugely dependent on aid from foreign powers - who have turned the country into a regional battleground - and also on the foreign tourism that has turned Beirut into an Oriental Disneyland for the privileged few. But if foreigners start quaffing Lebanese wine en masse, Bekaa valley vineyards could become incubators for economic independence and environmental sustainability: In vino, libertas. Come to think of it, Israel...
...NEUDORF VINEYARDS Established on slopes overlooking the Moutere Valley in 1978, Neudorf Vineyards, tel: (64-3) 543 2643, is fast winning a reputation for its excellent ros? and Pinot Noir alongside its staple Chardonnay. Neudorf's Pinot Pack?comprising half a dozen of its very fine 2002 and 2003 bottlings?costs $175 and can be ordered online from neudorf.co.nz...
...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...
...color of ros? usually comes from the grape skins: leave the juice in contact with the red skins for a long enough time, then siphon off the juice and you get ros?. The wine is best enjoyed young, and flavors range from strawberries and cream to slightly spritzy. First-timers should try the can't-go-wrong bottlings from France's Provence and Languedoc regions, especially the latter. There's also Spanish rosado and Australia's wonderful Turkey Flat. Serve chilled and take no flak: wine snobs have no idea what they're missing...