Seaboard Taproom & Wine Bar is excited to announce our 5th Annual Rosé Fest!
WHEN: May 7th, 2022, 1-4 pm
WHERE: Seaboard Brewing I Taproom I Wine Bar, 213 N. Trade Street, Matthews, NC, 28105
Just in time for spring and summer, we’re throwing our annual Rosé Fest to celebrate all things pink – rosé, rosado, rosato, and even some bubbles! Join us on our lovely shaded courtyard to sample rosés hailing from all corners of the winemaking world!
Tickets are $50 per person, and are limited – only 100 available for sale! So what do you get?
- unlimited samples of any or all 24 roses
- a Seaboard Rosé Fest branded wine glass that’s yours to keep
- a commemorative Seaboard Rosé Fest T-shirt
- perfectly paired finger food
- live music from Abbey Elmore
WHAT IS ROSE, EXACTLY?
Glad you asked! Rosé (literally, the French word for ‘pink’) refers to wines that fall anywhere between white and red, taking their color from a limited amount of contact with red grape skins. In fact, there are several methods for making rosé: the direct press method refers to pressing red grapes so that the juice spends next to no time with the grape skins, thus picking up very little color. These pale, citrusy, grapefruit-tinged wines are what we associate with the rosés of France’s Provence region. Sometimes they spend a little bit more time with the skins – a few hours or so – just long enough to pick up some of the flavors, color, and tannins from the skins, giving rosés that are a slightly deeper color. Then there’s the saignee method, where free run juice is separated from the rest of the vat, giving deep colored rosés (and leaving behind super-concentrated juice to make some intense reds.) Rosé can even be made by blending white and red juice or wine together, which is how the rosés of Champagne are made.
AREN’T ROSES SUPER SWEET?
No matter how they’re made, the vast majority of rosés are not, in fact, sweet. For the ‘sweet rosé’ connection, we have the California wine industry to thank, with its production of sweet rosés made from the red Zinfandel grape under the name ‘White Zinfandel.’
WHAT KINDS OF ROSES WILL BE FEATURED?
This year’s 24 rosés hail from all around the world: Chile, Austria, Portugal, Argentina, Galicia, Catalonia, Rioja, Murcia, Veneto, Marche, Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna, Lombardia, Corsica, Languedoc-Roussillon, Champagne, Bourgogne, Washington State, California, Oregon, and – yes – Provence. We’ve got still wines, and bubbles too!
WHERE CAN I BUY TICKETS? The link below or www.Eventbrite.com Seaboard Pink!