​Winemakers should be warned that this summer much of the rose that they produce could wind up mixed with slushy ice t0 become something called a Frose by the trendies who have been drinking it by the barrel overseas.
According to Drinks Business the sales of rose by one of the major British  retailers have risen by a whopping 104 percent on the back of the latest craze which is believed to have originated in New York.
To make it, rosé is frozen for seven hours with lemon juice and sugar then blended into a boozy, rose-hued Slush Puppie and garnished with mint.
New York hotspot Primi, which claims to have created the drink, goes even further, including vermouth and pureed strawberries In the mix.
Hot off the press: Rosé is now the most popular wine style in the UK ahead of Prosecco.
 

Crossroads Estate -- the winery and the vineyards in Hawke's Bay -- is to be sold.
According to a preliminary notice from Bayleys Real Estate, Yealand Estate Wines, the owner, plans to broaden its Hawke´s Bay growers' base and move all operations to Marlborough an attempt to expand the global growth of the Crossroads brand.
The Spanish style winery and cellar door sits on the 11ha home block vineyard near Napier, there are three separate blocks totalling 11.8ha on the Gimblett Gravels and 59ha  on Kereru Road.  An additional 4ha leased vineyard on Omahu Road is also available.
Plantings include all of the varieties for which Hawke's Bay is best known as well as the mystery ingredients for Talisman, the mystery blended red which remains the flagship of the Crossroads fleet.

Just a few from a new collection of shirts being designed and manufactured in the US of A  by SunFrog Shirts
for winelovers and wine drinkers;  for anyone short of a summer shirt that will get them noticed..The one at the far right just about covers it for me.

Poduced by Spiteful Brewing in Chicago, Dumb Donald beer has a charicature of the man himself on the label   as well an an explanation of the maker's distaste for the billionaire politician:
“Dumb Donald is, well, dumb. So dumb in fact, we named a beer after him. It’s like he got caught in a pause halfway through evolution. His brain still functions, at a minimal level with a vocabulary of a second grade student. You might even start to feel sorry for this man-child. Resist that urge, pop open this (beer) and pretend you’re on a far away island where people like Dumb Donald simply don’t exist.”
The first beer to be named in the range was a 4.5% Short-Fingered Stout, which is described as “a bitter and delusional stout with an airy, light-colored head atop a so-so body.

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