Wine Under $20 »  Seeking the best value for the buck.  6 Great
French and Italian Rosé Wines Under $16   [Photographs: Rebeccah
Marsters]  Gone are the days when pink wine was poo-pooed.
People get it now: it's not Boone's Farm, and it's not sticky
sweet. Sure, there are still skeptics out there, and there are
still bad rosés, but over the past decade or so, rosé has made
the well-deserved shift onto the radar and into the wine glasses
of the mainstream. Rosé can be fun and fruity rather than
complex and intellectual, but, as with any quality wine, there's
still hard work and serious intention behind it.  Here's what
you need to know...I'll keep it light, I promise. Despite what
we learned in art class, pink wine is not the result of mixing
red wine and white wine (except in very specific circumstances
and regions, but I won't get into that). Basically, rosé is made
just like red wine, but the juice from the grapes doesn't sit in
contact with the grape skins for as long. Red wine gets its dark
color and mout