I have heard about a few news stories referring to a worldwide shortage of high quality rosé wines. Last summer, one account read: “The Hamptons are bracing for a devastating shortage of Whispering Angel. Maybe by Labour Day.”

I have mentioned that in past years we have run out of Whispering Angel from Sasha Lichine’s Chateau d’Esclans and so has the winery, but this year we stocked enough to get us through, or so I thought.

We have just received another shipment and have two more on the way. We really should be safe with Bermuda’s favourite rosé, even though I understand that the winery is once again running out. It sells for $25.55.

This summer we introduced a brand-new wine from d’Eslans called Rock Angel and it all disappeared within a matter of weeks.

A new shipment has just been unloaded and I will quote the Wall Street Journal: “A new rosé wine that is a blend of grenache, rolle and tibouren. And what a stunner it is, I was impressed with its freshness. Pale in colour, it has a beautiful dry finish and a cool texture. A refined, refreshing rosé.”

It costs $32.90. The Wine Spectator said: “It all started with a whisper, now it’s time to rock.”

Just as Sasha Lichine is a leading force in the rapid rise of fine rosé from Provence, Gerard Bertrand, who was brought up in the vineyards of Languedoc in the south of France, leads the way in his area. He celebrates the cultural and gastronomic riches of his land with red, white and rosé, in fact he was recently awarded European Winery of the Year.

The bottle alone, designed by a young student of the Ecole Boulle, is very eye-catching; the bottom is cast in the shape of a rose and the slender neck is sealed in a way that I really like.

Rather than a cork, synthetic cork or screw cap, a glass stopper is used and as we only have this on three other of our stocked wines it is unique.

They are easy to open; once you have removed the plastic cover, you place your thumb under the glass lip and press upwards. They easily pop back in closed position and a silicon seal holds them firmly in place. And I should mention what is in the bottle.

Here, we have a pale rosé from the 2014 vintage called Cote des Roses and the grapes are grown in Languedoc-Roussillon.

Wine.com rates it 91/100 and says: “What do you think the best grapes are for a serious rosé? How about grenache, cinsault and syrah? This Gerard Bertrand Cote des Roses is as good as it gets. Faint pink in colour, with a tinge of orange, the wine drinks subtly and crisp with plenty of berries on the palate; perfect for all wine lovers!”

It costs $18.95. I should mention that when you present this bottle to a friend you hold it by the neck and display the bottom of the bottle to them. With the wine reflecting through the specially cut glass it looks like you are handing them a flower — a pink rose of course.

If you would like to try a rosé from the Anjou, in the Loire Valley, then we have a lovely blend of cabernet franc, gamay and grolleau grapes from a producer called Calvet.

It is darker in colour than the new trendy ones and unlike them it does have a touch of sweetness. It is soft, elegant, round and filled with notes of red fruits and a hint of mint. It is really delicious and a good reminder of what traditional rosé wines have been about historically. $14.80

• This column is a paid for advertorial for Burrows Lightbourn Ltd. Michael Robinson is Director of Wine at Burrows Lightbourn Ltd. He can be contacted at mrobinson@bll.bm or 295-0176. Burrows Lightbourn have stores in Hamilton (Front Street East, 295-1554), Paget (Harbour Road, 236-0355) and St George’s (York Street, 297-0409). A selection of their wines, beers and spirits are available online at www.wineonline.bm.