French Rose Champagne is made by adding a little still red wine from the locale to the white champagne (a practice not permitted anywhere else in France). A small amount, perhaps two percent, is made by staining the white juice by allowing the red grape skins to soak in it for  a short while. At best, rose champagne have an exhilarating strawberry or raspberry fruit that makes them glorious for summer drinking.Colours vary hugely,from Hollywood - starlet lipstick to a faint brownish tinge ("onion skin is the technical term) for those given the briefest maceration. Some of the best French Rose Champagne to consider are: Pol Roger, Veuve Clicquot, Ruinart,Bollinger, Gosset, Billecart - Salmon, Jacquart  and at the very expensive end Perrier - Jouet Belle Epoque, Roederer Cristal and Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame.