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Mateus Rose

Mateus Rose

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:

Fizzy, Crisp and cheap: Mateus Rose

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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88 responses to “Mateus Rose”

  1. Jeff W Avatar
    Jeff W

    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.

  2. Shabbir & Jess The @ Of the finest Wine connnseurs in the ?WORDL Avatar
    Shabbir & Jess The @ Of the finest Wine connnseurs in the ?WORDL

    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/

  3. Rick M Avatar
    Rick M

    I LOVE Mateus! I was weened on this stuff, but since moving to Seattle I can’t find it anywhere. This sucks!

  4. Rosemary T. Avatar
    Rosemary T.

    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???

  5. jain s. Avatar
    jain s.

    i tried this win because of the unusual bottle. I was really impressed. Its wonderfully refreshing. i keep going back for more.

  6. cynthia evans Avatar
    cynthia evans

    My husband has been craving it for a year and we can’t find it either. Any suggestions?

  7. linuxdave Avatar
    linuxdave

    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.

  8. amy Avatar
    amy

    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….

  9. Joe Gomez Avatar
    Joe Gomez

    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

  10. Kim Avatar
    Kim

    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.

  11. Capt Ron Meadows Avatar
    Capt Ron Meadows

    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………..

  12. ruth Avatar
    ruth

    This wine done fucked me up. think there is cocaine in it.

  13. David Avatar
    David

    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.

  14. Chris Avatar
    Chris

    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?

  15. Susie Avatar
    Susie

    Hey, Capt Ron Meadows…any idea how much your friend wants for the Mateus wine? Willing to pay.

  16. jonathan lamb Avatar
    jonathan lamb

    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

  17. Miranda Avatar
    Miranda

    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!

  18. Doug Avatar
    Doug

    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

  19. Brad Avatar
    Brad

    Not a bad rose. Certainly worth the sub-$10 price. I found it at a whole foods market in Michigan.

  20. Flora Avatar
    Flora

    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.

  21. Cristina Eulalio Avatar
    Cristina Eulalio

    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.

  22. joe Avatar
    joe

    i’m from singapore and i Lurrrve this wine.. and i’m craving for a bottle now

  23. Roland Avatar
    Roland

    I’ve been drinking Mateus since the 60’s.
    Try Lancer’s Rose if you can’t find Mateus

  24. marc Avatar
    marc

    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.

  25. behdad Avatar
    behdad

    it maked me fresh and its price is unbelivable!its really another thing!!

  26. Glenda Kanashige Avatar
    Glenda Kanashige

    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.

  27. Carol Avatar
    Carol

    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

  28. Brion Avatar
    Brion

    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.

  29. Jim Avatar
    Jim

    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.

  30. Bill Avatar
    Bill

    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?

  31. Don Avatar
    Don

    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.

  32. fred Avatar
    fred

    Mateus and Lancers, the standard wine of sophisticated hippies and freaks …. for dating however it was Blue Nun or Malvasia Bianca

  33. Steve Avatar
    Steve

    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.

  34. monkuboy Avatar
    monkuboy

    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.”

  35. linuxdave Avatar
    linuxdave

    I’ve always said it “Mah-tay-us”.

    Thoughts?

  36. Brooke Dillon Avatar
    Brooke Dillon

    Just scored this tonight at a liquor store in Toronto.. it is AMAZING! love it!

    8.00 per bottle.. CANNOT beat that!

  37. marc Avatar
    marc

    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?

  38. sarah Avatar
    sarah

    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.(“,)

  39. Richard Fresch Avatar
    Richard Fresch

    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.

  40. michelle stanaford Avatar
    michelle stanaford

    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.

  41. michelle stanaford Avatar
    michelle stanaford

    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

  42. Cory M. Avatar
    Cory M.

    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?

  43. michelle stanaford Avatar
    michelle stanaford

    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

  44. Tamara Avatar
    Tamara

    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?

  45. Dave Avatar
    Dave

    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!

  46. Josie Avatar
    Josie

    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.

  47. lisa may Avatar
    lisa may

    Hi i live in derbyshire, england. I cant find mateus white wine anywhere around here, can any1 help?

  48. Mark McLaughlin Avatar
    Mark McLaughlin

    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.

  49. JIM Avatar
    JIM

    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.

  50. Nate Avatar
    Nate

    I found this wine at Friar Tuck’s in Bloomington, IL.

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