We’d like to propose that rosé is the most existing category in natural wine today. A new generation of innovative winemakers are seeing the potential of pink, and making rosés full of flavour and character.

It is, perhaps, the new orange. So what better time to showcase six of our core pink offerings than the last Saturday in July – the day of Pride Norwich.

We’ll taste three rosés from Domaine La Lauzeta, showing how the style of rosé can be influenced by conditions in the vineyard and choices on the winery. We’ll also taste two vibrant, distinctive and unfiltered natural rosés from Gardunha Sul in Beira Baixa, Portugal, and from Smallfry Wines in Barossa Valley, South Australia.

We’re looking forward to returning to the calm and quiet airiness of the Greenhouse Trust courtyard, and delighted to be reunited with Hannah Bingley, founder and operator of Freckles of Hannah, and maker of some impossibly intricate seasonal canapés; you’ll be served one of each of them to augment the tasting of the wines, along with good sourdough bread and olive oil.

The line up:

• Dominio de Punctum, lanzado rosato Pet Nat (2020, 13% abv; rrp £16)

Dry, crisp, natural lightly sparkling Garnacha (Grenache). Notes of plums and cherries

• Domaine La Lauzeta, Corteza rosé (2021, 13%; rrp £20)

Dry, pale and mineral Grenache/Syrah blend from the Languedoc. Flavours of apricot and redcurrant.

• Domaine La Lauzeta, Jauzimen rosé (2022, 12.5%; rrp £20)

The same blend, but the next vintage; much deeper colour with a fruitier profile – think strawberries and cream.

Served with a canapé of seeded toast, whipped soft cheese, strawberries, basil vinaigrette

• Domaine La Lauzeta, Mezura rosé (2021, 13.5%; rrp £25)

Complex, dry and woody. Aged beneath a layer of flor yeast, in oak barrels with acacia staves. Won gold at Vinum World of Rosé awards. Flavours of nectarine, almond and vanilla.

Served with a canapé of potato omelette, Binham Blue cheese, peach salad, toasted almonds, calendula petals

• Gardunha Sul, Castelão rosé (2021, 12.5%; rrp £25)

Dark, unfiltered natural Portuguese rosé. Crisp, medium bodied and tangy, with notes of hibiscus, watermelon and umeboshi plum

Served with a skewer of sweet plum vinegar and beetroot pickled quail’s egg, galia melon, and roast fennel, finely sprinkled with crushed pink peppercorns and rose petals.

• Smallfry, Pond rosé (2022, 12.5% rrp £26)

Unfiltered natural blend of Mataro and Cinsault, from the Barossa Valley, South Australia. Deep in colour with a bright acidity, a creamy texture and a slightly earthy character. Flavours of strawberries and rosehips.

Served with a canape of blini, Norfolk Tawny cheese, apple crême fraîche, raspberry & toasted pine nuts