Rosé piscine

The drink of summer

Bonjour! Bonjour!

Here I am, doing what I often do in Paris in the summer: drinking a rosé piscine (pee-seen), once a great marketing campaign, soon after a trend. Rosé piscine, or swimming pool rosé – it sounds more glam in French – is rosé wine over ice. It’s a combo that might have seemed sacrilegious a while ago (and still might to some), but which is now served all over town.

Rosé piscine on a Paris balcony

I think the enthusiasm for this refresher might have started in the aughts, when Piper-Heidseick suggested pouring their rosé Champagne into a big goblet and adding ice. They also suggested having this drink poolside. Oh, and I think they said that the idea was inspired by life along the French Riviera. Mix luxury with a legendary locale and add a soupçon of fun – who doesn’t love a big glass and the sound of swirling ice cubes going clink-clink. Irresistible!

In fact, it was so irresistible – and so popular – that there are now wines which say they’re made specifically to be “piscined.” And rosé and Champagne piscine have gone from the Riviera to anywhere, from the pool to the backyard, the bar, the little café on the corner.

Moi? I like a rosé piscine with strawberries. I’m happy to have it with the strawberry tart that I told you about in xoxoDORIE earlier in the week - they're perfect together. I’m happy to have it with plain berries. And I'm happy to have a pile of chilled berries, a pot of thick cream and a goblet of rosé on ice. Swimming pool optional.

Cheers!

-xoxo Dorie

PS: This just in ... Rosé Pétanque - for boules, bocce or even croquet!

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