Look closely and rosé turns out to be one of the most varied and rewarding categories in wine, capable of far more than a pale glass on a warm afternoon. Most still rosé is not, as some may assume, red and white wine blended together. In the EU, the practice is generally restricted in still-wine production, although it is permitted for certain sparkling wines – most famously rosé Champagne. Scroll down to see five top-scoring rosé wines from DWWA 2026Geography widens the category even further. Rosé, it turns out, is a technique, not a place, and never just one shade of pink.