Maison Cala Carnet

The Carnet

Notes on wine, rosé and the Mediterranean way of sharing a table.

Grenache grapes beside a glass of pale rosé on a Mediterranean stone table

Wine Guide

Grenache Rosé: A Guide to One of the Mediterranean’s Great Rosé Grapes

How Grenache rosé tastes, how it is made, what to eat with it and how to serve it.

Rosé bottle chilling in an ice bucket beside two glasses on a Mediterranean terrace

Wine Guide

How to Serve Rosé Wine

Temperature, chilling, glasses, ice buckets, opened bottles and tips for dinners, yachts and events.

Mediterranean lunch table with grilled fish, salads and glasses of pale rosé

Wine Guide

Rosé Wine Food Pairing: What to Eat with Rosé

Seafood, sushi, Mediterranean dishes, pasta, pizza, cheese, barbecue and more — and the logic behind each pairing.

Rosé bottles chilling in ice tubs at an outdoor Mediterranean event

Hosting Guide

How Many Bottles of Wine Do You Need for an Event?

A wine calculator and planning guide for weddings, parties, corporate events and yacht celebrations.

Lunch with glasses of pale rosé on a superyacht deck off the French Riviera

Yachting

Rosé Wine for Yachts

Serving, storage, pairing and provisioning rosé for yachts and Mediterranean charters, with a yacht rosé planner.

Wedding lunch table on a Riviera terrace above the sea with chilled rosé in ice

Wedding Guide

Rosé Wine for a French Riviera Wedding

How to choose, serve and plan rosé for a Riviera wedding, from the welcome dinner to the day-after brunch, with a rosé calculator.

Long wedding dinner table at sunset on a Mediterranean terrace with glasses of pale rosé

Wedding Guide

Wine for a Wedding

How much wine to buy, how to split rosé, white and red, and how to plan a whole wedding weekend, with a wedding wine calculator.

Apéritif table with olives, bread, tomatoes and glasses of pale rosé on a Mediterranean terrace at sunset

Mediterranean Living

The Mediterranean Apéritif

What to serve, how to set the table and how to host a Mediterranean apéritif on a terrace, in a villa, on a yacht or by the beach.

Rosé bottle cooling in an ice-water bucket beside a glass of chilled rosé

Wine Guide

Rosé Wine Serving Temperature

How cold rosé should be, in Celsius and Fahrenheit — too cold, too warm, fridge timing and keeping it cool outdoors.

Opened rosé bottle with a stopper in a refrigerator door beside a glass of chilled rosé

Wine Guide

How Long Does Rosé Wine Last?

Opened and unopened rosé: how long it stays fresh, how to store it and how to tell when a bottle is past its best.

Glass of pale rosé on a stone Mediterranean table with Grenache grapes above vineyards and the sea

Wine Guide

French Rosé Wine: A Complete Guide

Grapes, regions, styles, winemaking and food pairings — and why French rosé is much broader than Provence alone.

Glass of Grenache rosé in a Southern French vineyard

Wine Guide

Languedoc Rosé Wine: A Complete Guide

Grapes, terroir, AOP and IGP classifications, food pairings — and how Languedoc rosé differs from Provence.

Glass of chilled rosé being served at a Mediterranean table

Wine Guide

Is Rosé Wine Dry or Sweet?

Residual sugar, label terms, fruitiness and colour — what really decides whether a rosé is dry.

Wine Guide

How Is Rosé Wine Made?

Direct pressing, short maceration and saignée — how rosé gets its colour, from harvest to bottle.

Rosé served with seafood on a Mediterranean table

Food & Pairing

Rosé Wine with Seafood: What Pairs Best?

Oysters, prawns, lobster, salmon, tuna, sushi and Mediterranean classics — which rosé style suits each dish.

Wine Guide

What Does HVE Certification Mean for Wine?

France's High Environmental Value certification: the four criteria, labels, and how it differs from organic.