Drink Pink: A Celebration of Rosé

Victoria James · Lyle Railsback

May 2017 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this ebook

Combining delightful stories with whimsical and clever illustrations, Drink Pink is a clever, captivating, and unpretentious look at rosé for novices and connoisseurs alike.

For years, rosé has lived a quiet life as the not-red and not-white wine, but in the last five years this vintage has taken its rightful place in the spotlight.  Use this book as a guide to rosé’s myriad of pleasures.  Comprehensive and complete with both esoteric knowledge and entirely practical cocktails and dinner party recipes, this is the perfect book give your girlfriend or keep to display for yourself!

Part 1: Rosé Is Old School – Learn about the three-thousand-year history of rosé, and see exactly why it took so long for this wine to saturate American culture.

Part 2: Producing Pink Juice – Discover the crafting methods that set rosé apart from other wines, and get a crash course in the significance of saignée, skin contact, blending, and more!

Part 3: People and Places – Study the different producers of rosé and start talking like a true sommelier.

Part 4: Why and How to Drink Pink – hear professional foodies and wine experts sing praises about pink wine, and –

Part 5: Recipes – Enjoy a myriad of rosé-related recipes.  Here, the options are endless!  Cocktail recipes starring rosé; appetizer, entrée, and side dishes that include or pair well with rosé; classy desserts and the best types of rosé to accent them. 

There’s no better way to get in the pink than with Drink Pink!

Ratings and reviews

Just whimsical indeed ;)

About the author

Victoria James has worked in restaurants since she was thirteen. She was certified as a sommelier when she was twenty-one, making her the youngest sommelier in the country. She was Food & Wine’s Sommelier of the Year in 2018, and has appeared on both Forbes and Zagat’s “30 Under 30” lists. She has worked at some of the most prestigious restaurants in New York City, including Marea and Aureole. Currently, she is the Beverage Director and partner at Cote, a Michelin-starred hot spot in the Flatiron district. She is the author of Drink Pink: A Celebration of Rosé, which Harper Design published in 2017.

Lyle Railsback was born in California, has an art degree from George Fox University in Oregon, and makes wine with his brother in Santa Ynez, California. Their first release as Railsback Fréres was a rosé inspired by Lulu Peyraud in Bandol. Currently, he does national sales for Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant and travels a lot.