EXCLUSIVE: The legendary musician is branching out into the wine trade.
Queen legend Roger Taylor has simply launched a brand new rosé wine (Picture: Equipped)
Legendary Queen drummer Roger Taylor has confessed he isn’t a wine specialist regardless of launching a brand new rosé bearing the band’s title and brand. The premium rosé, branded Cuvée Rock n’ Roll, was developed in collaboration with Côte de Provence specialists. Though it bears the band’s title, guitarist Brian Might was not concerned within the creation, and that is very a lot Roger’s undertaking. At an unique launch social gathering in London’s Savoy lodge on April 22, Roger joked: “I would not declare to be an knowledgeable about wine, however I might declare to be a lifelong lover, having consumed quite a bit.”
The 76-year-old rock icon took half in a Q&A hosted by His buddy, comic Paul Whitehouse, forward of letting visitors style the tipple, and he admitted the concept to create the drink wasn’t even his however fairly that of his buddy Rupert Clevely, who spent 20 years working as managing director of Veuve Clicquot. “I assumed it was a pleasant factor to be concerned with,” Roger stated.
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Probing Roger’s involvement within the precise winemaking course of Paul joked: “I imply, you did not take your footwear off [and stamp the grapes]? I hope not. I think about it is performed by form of wooden nymphs, not previous rock stars.”
Laughing, Roger stated: “I oversaw the entire course of on it, and it is a fantastic factor. And I believe I do know a great one from a nasty one, and I believe this can be a good one.”
As if to show his lack of information, he refused to explain the “character” of the wine, which is a 70% Grenache and 30% Cinsault mix, that includes notes of untamed strawberry and pink berries.
“You are asking the flawed particular person. I am not gonna come out with the notes and the steadiness of this and that. I simply assume it would not offend me in any means, and it is scrumptious.
“I simply needed it to be a great factor, and hopefully clearly a profitable factor…Having drunk an terrible lot of it in my life, and having some proper previous complications at occasions, you realize the imprecise parameters you need,” he stated. “You desire a actually scrumptious chilly rosé on a summer time’s day.”
Explaining what he was searching for within the completed product, he stated: “I all the time thought rosé particularly must be pale, it should not be too darkish. It ought to style very nice. It must be very chilly.
“There are some fantastic wine makers in Provence that got here up with this. I believe it is very nice. The bottle is gorgeous. I might use it as a water bottle afterwards. [It has] a pleasant glass topper, It’s an exquisite factor,” he mirrored on the packaging.
“We have been tasting it within the vineyards, and so forth, however actually seeing the completed product on this lovely bottle, and I assume that is essentially the most rewarding bit up to now,” Roger mirrored.
Queen Rosé is on the market now in Waitrose and Sainsbury’s for £18.
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