Pink Takes Its (Rightful) Place

Rose can be made from almost any red wine grape. The movement toward pink wine began about 2008. Nataliia Sirobaba/Shutterstock

There was a time not terribly long ago when winemakers had a deep, dark secret: The wines they were drinking were made just for themselves.

One man, who had made some pretty beefy and concentrated red wines, told me in 2007 that he made a light rosé just for himself. He laughed and called it “real wine.”