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Sospiro Pinot Grigio Blush

Casa Vinicola Botter
Grape
Pinot Grigio
Region
Veneto
ABV
11%
Drink
Now to 2027

A light, dry rosé made from Pinot Grigio grown north of Verona. A cold soak on the skins gives it a salmon colour, and it smells of cranberry, citrus and red berries. At 11% it suits salads, fish and pizza.

Price
£11.17

2025 · 75cl · checked 27 Oct · Delivery £7.95, min 6 bottles

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Where to buy Sospiro Italia Pinot Grigio Blush

£11.17 price · 1 retailer in stock · checked 27 Oct 2026

One shop sells this wine in the UK, so there is no price to compare between shops. Each price is the one on its page today, read daily.

Great Wines Direct Best price 2025 · 75cl · checked 27 Oct · Delivery £7.95, min 6 bottles
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£11.17 £14.89/L

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Tasting Notes

What Sospiro Pinot Grigio Blush tastes like

Cranberry, citrus and red berries in a light, dry rosé from vineyards north of Verona. The salmon colour comes from a cold soak of the crushed Pinot Grigio on its skins, and no oak is used at any stage.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial
Tasted on
17 October 2026
Vintage in glass
2025
Source
Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Typical of Pinot Grigio
Body Light / Full
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

Cranberry, citrus and red berries, with raspberry and other red fruit the notes people pick out most. The salmon colour comes from a cold soak of the crushed Pinot Grigio on its skins, each batch for a different length of time.

Citrusy fruitCitrusy fruit
GrapefruitGrapefruit
LemonLemon
RaspberryRaspberry
Red forest berriesRed forest berries
Palate

Light and dry, at 11% alcohol with only 3.5 grams of sugar per litre. The grapes grow north of Verona at 250 to 300 metres, where the cool climate keeps the acidity fresh. Red fruit leads, with grapefruit and lemon behind it.

Finish

Clean and citrusy. No oak is used at any stage, only temperature-controlled steel tanks, so nothing blurs the fruit at the end.

Overall

An easy-drinking rosé for spring and summer, named Sospiro, Italian for 'the sigh'. Drinkers give it a fair score, and red fruit is the note they mention most. Drink the 2025 in 2026 or 2027, while it is fresh.

Drink now Best by 2027
Live UK pricing

Buying Sospiro Pinot Grigio Blush 2025: one shop, about £11.17

One shop on this page sells the 2025, at about £11.17 for a 75 cl bottle with UK duty and VAT paid. So there is no price to compare here. The wine is suitable for vegans and vegetarians.

Best price · 75 cl · 2025 £11.17 at Great Wines Direct
75cl · 2025 available from Great Wines Direct £11.17, in stock
Vintages live 2025 Current release: 2025
Per-litre (75cl · 2025 basis) £14.89 Lowest current 75cl · 2025 offer
Last checked 27 Oct 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Wine fit score

Where Sospiro Pinot Grigio Blush fits: easy, everyday drinking

Its strongest cards are Beginner and Everyday. This is an easy-drinking, dry 11% rosé with a screw cap that suits simple food.

Best intro to this style 8.5/10

Light, dry and fruity, at 11% alcohol with a screw cap. Cranberry and red berries make it easy to like from the first glass.

Best everyday bottle 8.2/10

A light 11% rosé at about £11.17 that goes with salads, fish and pizza: easy midweek drinking in spring and summer.

Best with food 7.0/10

Fresh acidity and a light 11% body suit salads, fish, chicken and tomato dishes. It is too delicate for red meat or rich braises.

Best value 6.5/10

About £11.17 for a light 11% rosé with no named IGT on the front label. That sits a little below the middle for Italian Pinot Grigio rosé in UK shops: fair, not a bargain.

Best for an occasion 2.5/10

A pleasant, simple pink for the garden or a casual supper, not a bottle to impress. Sospiro is a range name, not an estate.

Best for cellar 1.0/10

Made in steel tanks with no oak, as an easy-drinking rosé. Open the 2025 by 2027, while the fruit is fresh.

Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.

Vintages

Sospiro Pinot Grigio Blush 2025: the vintage on sale

The 2025 is the vintage on sale. The grapes grow north of Verona and are picked at the end of August. Early reports, as the 2025 harvest began in the Veneto, judged the grapes good to excellent.

2025 Current release
Best price
£11.17
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
11.0%
Window
Drink now through 2027

Early reports, as the 2025 harvest began in the Veneto, judged the grapes good to excellent, with vines generally healthy despite bad weather and some local hail. This is an easy-drinking rosé: open the 2025 in 2026 or 2027, while the fruit is fresh.

2024 Sold through
Best price
not listed
Retailers
0 in stock

Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.

The place, the label, the price

What sits behind an £11.17 Pinot Grigio rosé from the Veneto

Sospiro Pinot Grigio Blush is an IGT wine from vineyards north of Verona, made in steel tanks with no oak. Of its £11.17 price, about £4.39 is UK duty and VAT.

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Region and area context

Sospiro Italia Pinot Grigio Blush falls within Veneto.

The zone the estate stands in The producer

Made at Casa Vinicola Botter, Fossalta di Piave. Directions

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Reading the label

  • Casa Vinicola BotterProducer / estate
  • Pinot GrigioGrape varieties
  • 2025Vintage (year of harvest)
  • 11.0% vol · 75 clAlcohol by volume and bottle size
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What sits behind the price of Sospiro Italia Pinot Grigio Blush

Tracked from
£11.17
Direction
Mostly cost up
Drivers
2 up / 2 down
Main factor
UK alcohol duty and VAT inside the £11.17 price
  1. 01

    UK alcohol duty and VAT inside the £11.17 price

    Cost up

    Of the £11.17 for a 75 cl 2025 at 11%, about £2.53 is alcohol duty and £1.86 is VAT. So about £4.39, close to two fifths of the price, is tax before the wine itself is counted.

  2. 02

    Only 11% alcohol, so a smaller duty bill than a stronger wine

    Cost down

    UK duty is charged on the alcohol in the bottle. At 11% this rosé pays about £2.53 a bottle, against about £2.99 for a 13% wine, so its light style saves about 46p in tax.

  3. 03

    Steel tanks only, no oak, and the 2025 already on sale

    Cost down

    The wine ferments in temperature-controlled steel tanks and never touches oak. There are no barrels to buy and no long ageing: the 2025 is already on sale, so money is not tied up in stock for years.

  4. 04

    Each batch soaked on its skins for its own time, then blended for one salmon colour

    Cost up

    The crushed grapes sit on their skins in separate batches, each for a different length of time, and are blended after fermentation so the colour stays the same. That means several batches to make, check and blend, not one.

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UK alcohol duty and VAT inside the £11.17 price

Cost up

Of the £11.17 for a 75 cl 2025 at 11%, about £2.53 is alcohol duty and £1.86 is VAT. So about £4.39, close to two fifths of the price, is tax before the wine itself is counted.

Perfect Pairings

Dishes that go with this wine

Food Pairing

Tomato, fish and chicken: dishes that suit Sospiro Pinot Grigio Blush

Fresh acidity from cool vineyards north of Verona cuts through tomato and chicken fat, and at 11% the wine never swamps a delicate plate. Salads, fish, light pasta, grilled chicken and pizza all suit it.

Acidity matching Strong match

Tomato salads and pizza

The fresh acidity from cool vineyards north of Verona matches the sharpness of ripe tomato, so neither tastes sour. A light, dry Pinot Grigio rosé like Sospiro then lets the basil and mozzarella show. A Caprese salad or a Margherita is the easy match.

Try with: Insalata Caprese · Pizza Margherita · Pizza Marinara · More pairings →

Body matching Strong match

Salmon, tuna and shellfish

At 11% and light in body, this Pinot Grigio rosé weighs about the same as a piece of fish, so neither one drowns the other. Its citrus edge works like a squeeze of lemon on salmon or crab. A heavier red would bury the fish; this dry Veneto pink does not.

Try with: Salmon · Tuna · Crab · Mussels · More pairings →

Fat cutting Good match

Grilled and roast chicken

The acidity in this dry Pinot Grigio rosé cuts through chicken skin and fat and keeps each mouthful fresh. Its red-berry fruit adds a little lift to plain white meat. Grilled or barbecued chicken with a couscous salad is a summer plate that shows it well.

Try with: Roast chicken · Cotoletta alla Milanese · Chicken Shawarma

Salt balance Good match

Fried Italian snacks

Salt makes the red-berry fruit in this light Pinot Grigio rosé taste rounder and juicier. The fresh acidity then rinses away the oil from fried dough. Arancini or gnocco fritto with a chilled glass of Sospiro make an easy aperitivo.

Try with: Arancini · Gnocco fritto · Panzerotti · Pizza Fritta · More pairings →

Avoid Clash

Hot curries and big red-meat dishes

Chilli heat flattens the delicate red-berry fruit of this light rosé and leaves only the acid. A rich braise or a steak simply swamps an 11% Pinot Grigio blush. For those dishes pick a fuller red from the Verona area, such as a Valpolicella Ripasso.

Skip with: Chicken madras · Szechuan chicken · Brasato al Barolo · Ribeye steak · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Keeping Sospiro Pinot Grigio Blush: drink the 2025 by 2027

There is nothing to cellar here. Sospiro Pinot Grigio Blush is an easy-drinking rosé made in steel tanks with no oak. Open the 2025 in 2026 or 2027, well chilled. The screw cap means you can store it standing up.

Drinking window
2026 → 2027

Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.

Decanting
Not needed

Pour it straight from the bottle.

Serving temperature
8-10°C

Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.

Cellar potential
Low

Made in steel tanks with no oak, as an easy-drinking rosé. Open the 2025 by 2027, while the fruit is fresh.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£11.17 for a 75cl bottle of the 2025, at Great Wines Direct, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Sources for this Sospiro Pinot Grigio Blush page

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 27 Oct 2026, 02:38 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

Drawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic. Drinkers score it 3.5 out of 5 from 256 ratings on Vivino.

Confidence · Medium
Why it costs what it costs

Our reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.

Confidence · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

Style guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium
Related

Sospiro Pinot Grigio Blush, the Veneto and Pinot Grigio: related pages

Common Questions

It is a light, dry rosé made from 100% Pinot Grigio, grown in vineyards north of Verona in the Veneto. It is 11% alcohol, sealed with a screw cap, and labelled as an IGT wine. Sospiro is Italian for 'the sigh'.

Because the crushed grapes rest on their skins in a cold soak before the juice ferments. Pinot Grigio skins range from grey-blue to brownish pink, so they tint the juice. Each batch soaks for a different time, and the batches are blended after fermentation so the salmon colour stays the same.

Cranberry, citrus and red berries, with raspberry and other red fruit the notes people pick out most. It is light and dry, with only 3.5 grams of sugar per litre, and vineyards at 250 to 300 metres keep the acidity fresh. No oak is used, so the fruit stays clean.

Salads, fish, light pasta, grilled chicken and pizza all suit it. Its fresh acidity stands up to tomato, and at 11% it never swamps a delicate plate. Keep it away from hot curries, which flatten its light red-berry fruit.

Great Wines Direct sells the 2025 at about £11.17 for a 75 cl bottle, UK duty and VAT included. It is the one shop on this page, so there is no price to compare here.

Drink the 2025 in 2026 or 2027, while the fruit is fresh. It is an easy-drinking rosé made in steel tanks with no oak, not a wine to keep, and the screw cap means there is no cork to worry about.

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