{"id":806,"date":"2018-05-09T14:08:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T12:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/britishdailynews.co.uk\/?p=806"},"modified":"2018-05-11T14:10:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T12:10:52","slug":"not-tickled-pink-wine-experts-warn-of-rose-drought-for-uk-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/britishdailynews.co.uk\/?p=806","title":{"rendered":"Not tickled pink: wine experts warn of ros\u00e9 drought for UK fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Experts are warning of a national drought that could have a devastating impact upon the nation\u2019s barbecue plans.<\/p>\n<p>The shortage, however, is of wine \u2013 not water. One of the UK\u2019s leading winesellers has said the country\u2019s supply of ros\u00e9 \u2013 particularly from Provence \u2013 was under increasing pressure because of a dire French harvest in 2017 and British drinkers\u2019 desire to \u201cdrink pink\u201d all year round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe threat to ros\u00e9 supplies started in the winter of 2017-2018 with an unseasonal peak in out-of-season demand, even during the \u2018beast from the east\u2019,\u201d said Charles Cutteridge, a wine buyer at Majestic.<\/p>\n<p>The record-breaking temperatures over the early May bank holiday evidently exacerbated the looming shortage, with Majestic reporting a doubling in ros\u00e9 sales at its 210 stores over the long weekend.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years ros\u00e9 has won over younger wine drinkers, a trend documented in millions of social media posts celebrating nights out washed down with glasses of\u00a0millennial pink.<\/p>\n<p>Global wine production\u00a0slumped to its lowest level in more than 50 years\u00a0in 2017 after vines in the world\u2019s top three producers \u2013\u00a0France, Spain and Italy \u2013 were ravaged by both freakishly hot and cold weather.<\/p>\n<p>Last month the International Organisation of Vine and\u00a0Wine\u00a0(OIV) said global production in 2017 dropped 8.6% to 250m hectolitres. A hectolitre is the equivalent to 133 standard wine bottles so the fall in output equates to about 3bn fewer bottles.<\/p>\n<p>The breakdown of the global OIV figure showed that Spain was the most severely hit, with its output down by a fifth at 32.1m hectolitres. France was down 19% to 36.7m hectolitres, while Italy, the world\u2019s largest wine producer, slumped 17% to 42.5m hectolitres.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"element element-rich-link element-rich-link--tag element--thumbnail element-rich-link--upgraded\" data-component=\"rich-link-tag\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-tag\">\n<div class=\"rich-link tone-news--item rich-link--pillar-news\">\n<div class=\"rich-link__container\">\n<div class=\"rich-link__read-more\">\n<div class=\"rich-link__read-more-text\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Last year the UK spent \u00a3780m on ros\u00e9, according to the\u00a0Wine\u00a0and Spirit Trade Association, drinking more than 111m bottles. But Majestic says drinkers will have to be more creative if they want to avoid paying higher prices for pink.<\/p>\n<p>The devaluation of sterling after the Brexit vote has already pushed up the retail price of wine in the UK. The tight supply created by the harvest woes has added further upwards pressure. The research firm Neilson has so far reported French wine prices up 5.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Cutterdige says fans of ros\u00e9 from Provence should give Portuguese pale pinks a try, or venture further afield to New Zealand<\/p>\n<p>Or, if things get really desperate, Majestic says its OK to stick a bottle of the lighter reds in the fridge: \u201cChilled red wine can be just as fab on a hot sunny afternoon as any blush.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Upmarket wine merchant Berry Bros &amp; Rudd said its ros\u00e9 stock levels were stable despite 2017\u2019s harvest problems. However, earlier this year it forecast the price of standard supermarket wines such as prosecco and pinot grigio could rise by up to 30% in the coming months as the impact of last year\u2019s drought, frost and hailstorms is felt on the high street.<\/p>\n<p>Fiona Hayes, one of its wine buyers, said that while the bad weather had hit some producers she was confident \u201cin the quantity and quality of wine\u201d Berry Bros &amp; Rudd would have available for its customers.<\/p>\n<p>source:https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2018\/may\/10\/pink-wine-rose-draught-uk-dire-harvest-price<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experts are warning of a national drought that could have a devastating impact upon the nation\u2019s barbecue plans. The shortage, however, is of wine \u2013 not water. 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