Mateus Rosé
Due to the unusually hot October weather (almost 90 degrees here today!), I wanted an unusual wine that I could have chilled.
After spending only several minutes in the air-conditioned wine store this afternoon, I found exactly that. This rosé from Portugal caught my eye first with its flask-shaped bottle, and then with the cheap price tag: 4 bucks! The bottle wasn’t pretty, but just as we shouldn’t be judging wine by the price, we also don’t need to be judging a book by the cover, or in this case, a wine by the bottle. We’re all equal-opportunity alcohol consumers, right?
Overall, this wine is fantastic. Check out the fizzy bubbles:
Served very cold (recommended), this wine had a delightful pink tone, a clean, crisp taste, and a very pleasant bubbly texture. This cheap, sweet, refreshing wine really hit the spot tonight.
Although I will be keeping a bottle or two of this wine to enjoy all year round, it almost makes me sad to see summer go.
Rating: 9 – Highly recommended
Price: $4.00
Winery Info:
Bottled by Sogrape Vinos de Portugal, S.A.
Vila Nova de Gaia Portugal
Imported by Evaton, Inc
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I agree with your rating. I had this wine a few months ago and it was great for the money. And I don’t know why you think the bottle is ugly. I thought it was a nice change.
We do agree with both reviews. Instead of picking the Vampire Wine, which Jessica felt would be more appropriate for October, We went with a wine that had a more Rosey and pleasant tone.
Being on a budget we didn’t have much of a choice, homeless and jobless, we were able to get access to a computer long enough to write this. But, alas, we must be off, as the family is waking and we must flee through the window.
\m/ Mateus Rose Wine ROcKs!! \m/
I LOVE Mateus! I was weened on this stuff, but since moving to Seattle I can’t find it anywhere. This sucks!
We were stationed in the Azores and I loved the Mateus Rose’ but could never find it for sale in the U.S. anyone know if it is available in Texas???
i tried this win because of the unusual bottle. I was really impressed. Its wonderfully refreshing. i keep going back for more.
My husband has been craving it for a year and we can’t find it either. Any suggestions?
Hmm… The places I get it at are all local to my area, Lansing. You might want to try party stores that advertise a large wine selection.
Ooh, more Mateus fans! Good God, I’ve looked everywhere for it…It’s cheap even in Europe, but why can’t I find it in San Diego? The wine buyer at World Market told me that it was really popular in the late 70s-mid 80s, but he hasn’t seen it since then….
Wow Mateus wine sure brings back memories, the wine of choice for twenty somethings in the 70’s San Diego . I’m going to get me a case !
Mission Liquor in Pasadena carry it
http://www.missionliquor.com/Store/Qstore/Qstore.cgi
In L.A. you can also find it at Food For Less. I sent several bottles of it to my inlaws in Chicago who swear by it. Not, sure if I’m into the bubbles, but for $4 now that I’m on a rose’ kick, I will definetely try a bottle.
One of the girls in my office and I were talking about this the other day and she has a bottle!!!
cant tell how old, she’s had it since 60’s 70’s
imported by Dreyfus Ashby & Co. ny ny
no date anywhere on the bottle.no web site so its gotta be old……..
Growing up, if you had this at your bar, you were
’sfis-ta-cated………..
actually not a bad wine. make an offer………..
This wine done fucked me up. think there is cocaine in it.
I just spent the weekend in Lisbon, and fell in love with Mateus. Bought 7 bottles before I left, not counting the ones I drank on the beach. I was looking for Lancers, herd it was popular in Lisbon, but nobody had it. Everybody had Mateus, so now I’m a fan. Price range in Portugal was 4.50-7.50 (at the bar) Euro.
Mateus is my all-time favourite summer wine. I found it cheaper to purchase in Canada than in Portugal. I love it for its light refreshing taste — and the bubbles are marvellous! Much cheaper than champagne!
Much better than Lonesome Charlie. Anyone remember that?
Hey, Capt Ron Meadows…any idea how much your friend wants for the Mateus wine? Willing to pay.
the rose mateus is very nice and i like it a lot. am just asking is there a white wine in mateus to? like the red and the rose
Mateus Wine is delicious, but here, my friends and family have a different use for it! The wine bottles are used in Hungarian Folk Dancing, and the girls balance the bottles on their heads and dance with them, but of course, we must drink the wine first!
Found in every Liquor Commission in Winnipeg.
If anybody has old mateus bottles (60’s etc..) just empty and lying around, I’d love to know about them!
I always loved it and now even in the Portugeuese district in San Diego, its hard to find..!
Can be found at wine searcher..!!
http://www.wine-searcher.com/find/mateus+rose
Not a bad rose. Certainly worth the sub-$10 price. I found it at a whole foods market in Michigan.
Hi, I was very reluctant to buy this wine, but… not having too much money on me, I bought it. Sorry, I am writing from Canada. It is a little delightful wine, not really expensive and if anybody in Calgary area is interested, you might find it at Highlander Wine and Spirit store.
I am so glad for this review I found with links. I have been looking everywhere in Idaho for this wine without success. Thanks to the link I found, I ordered me a case. Great inexpensive suprise. I paid 5.99 a bottle plus shipping.
i’m from singapore and i Lurrrve this wine.. and i’m craving for a bottle now
I’ve been drinking Mateus since the 60’s.
Try Lancer’s Rose if you can’t find Mateus
I live on Terciara island in the Azores island chain next to portugal and I just go to the mini market on base and they have the shelf stocked with mateus. I love this wine.
it maked me fresh and its price is unbelivable!its really another thing!!
Used to drink it in Hong Kong in the ’60s, and loved it. In Macao in those days it was 30c a bottle. When we went there we drank in place of water. Although I have branched out into a wide range of wines, I still go for Mateus from time to time.
Drank many, many bottles of this with my boyfriend during my college years at Indiana University during the early 70’s. Loved the stuff, but just haven’t run across it much since then.
Loved it
LOL!!! First the Mateus, and now someone has mentioned LANCERS….if I had a dollar for every hippies’ house who’s kitchen window was lined with candle-stuffed Mateus and Lancer bottles I saw as a wayward and wanton paperboy in the late 60’s-early 70’s, I wouldn’t be worrying now about where to get it!!
My Dad, the “Professor”,(University of Arizona’s German Dept.’s equivilant of Bare-Butt Donald Sutherland in ANIMAL HOUSE) used to keep the stuff all over his divorced man’s Bachelor Pad to lure and liquor up the young college nubiles…GOOD STUFF.
Agree with Carol and Brion above. I went to Enormous State U. in the mid-70s; Mateus was “date wine”. Got a bottle recently just to see if it stood the test of time. And it tasted just as good as it did 30 years ago.
It’s available in Flagstaff and Phoenix, but beware, the shipping is more than the wine – works out to about 8 bucks a bottle. But so what?
It does my heart good to see so many people rediscovering Mateus and Lancers. Yes, this stuff was top shelf wine in the 70’s and was even served in some of the finer resturants. Sadly, these days it is virtually forgotten and has found it’s way to the bottom shelf next to the Boone’s Farm which, by the way, was another 70’s staple. Anyway, it’s still my all-around favorite wine. It’s impossible to get this wine too cold and it just doesn’t get any better than this during the long hot summer months. If you have never tried it do yourself a favor and buy a bottle. I promise you will be hooked for life.
Mateus and Lancers, the standard wine of sophisticated hippies and freaks …. for dating however it was Blue Nun or Malvasia Bianca
Mateus was the “official Vietnam helicopter pilot drink of choice” when I was there in ‘68-’69. We went through it like it was soda pop (many of us weren’t yet 21 years old!). I make my own wine now, but I often think fondly of the Mateus and wonder where to find it.
Wow, Mateus and Lancers.. I remember many a bottle back from the mid/late 70’s, too. I always preferred Mateus as Lancers had some kind of unpleasant fizz to it. Now the question: how do you pronounce “Mateus?” Wasn’t there a tv commercial about that? We always says “Ma-toose.”
I’ve always said it “Mah-tay-us”.
Thoughts?
Just scored this tonight at a liquor store in Toronto.. it is AMAZING! love it!
8.00 per bottle.. CANNOT beat that!
I have recently found a bottle that was given to me about 5 years ago, would I be better of drinking it or selling it?
im 18 and living in Ireland and Mateus always serves for that celebration at music festivals when you have finally managed to put together the tents!!!Its still going strong since the 60’s.(”,)
I have not had Mateus for a number of years, but my wife and I found that if a bottle sets around for a few months it is really quite good.
I have a very old bottle of mateus/vinhos de mesa
it says on the back that the sole agents were Dreyfus, Ashby & co. could anyone tell me about this wine and what this particular bottle might be worth.
id also like to add that this bottle of wine i have is for sale if anyone is interested please e mail me at babs51942@yahoo.com thanks again for this website
Hi Michelle, I also have a bottle of this style. I believe that the label remained the same for several years- but it does look very old and probably is. I wish they would list vintage. Mine’s still full and sealed.
Anyone know?
hi cory, yeah mine is still full and sealed as well im just not sure what it might be worth. i left my web site in case anyone is interested or may have any info on this particular bottle of wine. if u should happen to find anything out cory please if u would let me know via e mail thanks
im also trying to find out about this antique bracelet i have it has the words sterling and salamoni on it …. if anyone might know please respond
I fell in love with Mateus in Rota, Spain…so much so that I brought a few bottles back with me! It costs me $12euros a bottle in the restaurants in Spain….I can’t believe it is so cheap here in the states. I truly love this wine! And the bottle is so chic! Anyone know where I can find it San Diego?
I just got back from Spain where they served Mateus Rose in one of the best-rated restaurants in Madrid. It seemed to be very popular there, and believe me, the Spaniards know and appreciate a good, dry rose. When I got back to the States, I asked a local wine dept. at a good grocery store, and they were happy to order me as much as I cared to buy.
I just enjoyed a bottle of Mateus this afternoon with a neighbor. I’d just suggest that you ask at a local wine shop… it’s availiable!
I have 3 empty Mateus boxes & almost a dozen empty Mateus bags w/ handles. I think they’re from the early ’80s. If anybody is interested in collecting these items for nostalgia, please say so before I sell them on eBay. My husband bought hundreds of these bottles to drink for the last 20 or so years & they used to come in either boxes or bags. He still drinks it once in a while. Here in San Fernando Valley, CA, they (white & rose) can still be found at Jons. I also have a set of salt & pepper shakers.
Hi i live in derbyshire, england. I cant find mateus white wine anywhere around here, can any1 help?
In 1976 I was in the Navy and stationed in Rota, Spain, where my wife and I spent our first Thanksgiving away from home. We had friends over for our first Thanksgiving dinner and wanted to be classy by having some wine. The Navy didn’t pay much back then and we knew nothing about wine so we bought a small bottle of Mateus Rose to share with our friends. We loved it then and we love it now. 31 years later, Mateus is still a tradition at our holiday dinners and it still brings back very fond memories.
Early ’70s. Used to carry Mateus in a Bota bag on the ski slopes every night. (I worked at the ski area. Free skiing when off the clock.) Great wine, especially at the price. Great memories too.
I found this wine at Friar Tuck’s in Bloomington, IL.
Just had a bottle of Mateus Rose for the first time is around 20 years. Was for sale at the local supermarket (New Zealand – local for me, not for you!). Was outstanding, very refreshing, gonna have more!!
We love this wine for both value and flavor. We visited the place pictured on the label while in Portugal, but I can’t find any in the state of Washington.
Bev Mo started stocking it. This wine is AMAZINGLY beautiful for its pricetag!
This wine is GREAT Chilled. Very sweet/sparkling.
It was just $8.40 here in Hamilton, Ontario Canada.
This is a light easy drinking rose’. perfect for a casual summer barbecue and It makes a unique Mimosa too. ! I give it a 10 for the price you can’t go wrong.
I have a small bottle of mateus rose, sogrape its about 50 years old, is it worth anything? Unopened
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You bring back memories of college, 35 years ago, when we drank ALOT of Mateus rose and enjoyed it immensely!
We ordered six bottles from Primo Vino in Arvada, Colorado; very glad to be able to enjoy this delightful wine again!
Mateus began as a brand in the 1940’s. I drank it back in the 60’s when I was very young, served by my parents at home. It grew to be a rage by the 1970’s with worldwide sales topping at 4 million cases by the 80’s. The wine today is very much similar but just a bit dryer to fit the taste preference of today. Reportedly, when Queen Elizabeth II dines alone, that is her preferred wine. The taste of Mateus still holds up well after all these years. It does the job of a rose well, being crisp, fruity and bright. Though a bit sweet, it is well balanced by crisp acidity. It is also clean and fresh, a great summer picnic wine. It is best served quite cold. For many of us wine drinkers going back 40 years, it is also very nostalgic.
Some friends recently brought me a bottle of Mateus when they came over for dinner. We finished it… it was really good, but I remembered it tasting better before. We used to drink it in the 60’s and 70′ to help liven up our wild parties… even orgies (with the help of Harvey Wallbangers). It was the first wine I liked after Akadama in Japan in the Navy, which tasted like grape juice. Back in Los Angeles I bought 2 bottles of Mateus this Thanksgiving and we finished them. I went back to Bev Mo to buy more and they sold out (so I got Lancers as a back up). They said they ordered 2 more cases. I wish Mateus would go back to the original recipe… this is good, but I like it sweeter.
Ahhhhhh…Mateus. Takes me back to skiing the nose dive at Stowe and breaking for lunch for bologna sammies on white bread and cold mateus from a wine skin. Thank gawd it is available here on the east coast.
this rose’ is GREAT. i found it in canada and paid a little more than $4.00 — sort of $11.00 but found it delightful!!!
i like mateeus
I love love love Mateus – it was big in the 70s, but I was little too young to be imbibing at that time, but its having a resurgence – good things never go out of style!!! It’s the best summer tipple – thank God I live in Australia, where it’s pretty much summer all year. I especially love it when they bring out the Christmas special with the little baby bottle (conjoined twin) attached!!!!!!!!!
Mateus Rose is a magnificent wine to drink at any time, but particularly in the summer.
In Australia, we have very hot & long summers, particularly in the West. Then I buy three dozen at a time…getting a special deal from my supplier.
I find it best to drink rather icy. Before I pore, I take a bottle or two from the fridge (depending how many people there are) and put them in the freezer for about 45 minutes.
Like champagne, it is a wine which must be enjoyed at its coldest.
True it is a very nice wine, i live in Mateus where the wine is from
so it is very easy to find 
.
Glad to know that people love the wine.
Look at Graham Nash’s album “Wild Tales” . . . there is a Mateus bottle on the fireplace mantle behind his head . . . “vintage” 1973 ! Can’t find it anymore around here (Florida) either, unfortunately.
Look carefully at the cover of Graham Nash’s album “Wild Tales” – what’s that on the mantle behind his head – a Mateus bottle! Vintage 1973 in every way! Unfortunately I can’t find it anywhere down here in Florida, either . . .
Kind of a special wine for me since my last name is also Mateus. I live in the southeastern New England area and your able to find it almost any place where wine is sold here. I did find an online wine seller that sells Mateus wine (I never bought from them or in any way have anything to do with them) for those who want Mateus wine but can’t get it where they live. Here is the link:
http://marketviewliquor.com/index.php?search_text=mateus&a=1.00&new_search=1&kind=search
we had a blast on our Ireland trip back in 2008 – on one particular night we ran into a few bottles of Mateus at a wonderful restaurant. my God we hadn’t drank any of that stuff since the 70s (the Navy days). still taste the same (excellent) and the fun factor is still really potent – ha!