Is Stella Rosa Black sweet?
Yes, Stella Rosa Black is a sweet, lightly fizzy, low-alcohol red that tastes like blackberries and is meant to be served cold.
Stella Rosa Black · Red blend · Piedmont, Italy · nearly everywhere
- Alcohol
- About 5%
- Sweetness
- Semi-sweet
- Grapes
- A blend of Italian red grapes led by Brachetto
- Made by
- Stella Rosa, from the Riboli family of San Antonio Winery
- From
- Piedmont, Italy
- Price
- About $12 to $15
- Calories
- Not published; likely about 100 to 130 in a 5 oz glass, since it trades alcohol for sugar
What it tastes like
Blackberry, raspberry and a little blueberry, with gentle bubbles. Sweet, juicy and light, more like a fancy berry soda than a dinner red.
- Bodylight → big
- Sweetnessdry → sweet
- Zingsoft → zippy
- Gripsmooth → grippy
Is it worth $13?
If you like sweet wine, yes. It is consistent, fun and easy to find. If you are trying to get into dry reds, start with Meiomi or Bread & Butter instead.
Who it’s for
For sweet-wine lovers, brunch, girls’ nights and anyone who does not like the taste of dry red. Dry-wine drinkers will find it like juice.
How to serve it
Serve it cold, straight from the fridge. Once opened, keep it sealed and chilled so the bubbles last.
The backstory
Stella Rosa comes from the Riboli family, who have run San Antonio Winery in Los Angeles since 1917. They make it in Piedmont, in northern Italy, with Brachetto, a grape that naturally smells like berries and roses. Black is the best-seller of the whole range. Fermentation is stopped early, so a lot of the grape sugar stays in and the alcohol stays low, and a light fizz is kept in the bottle.
How it compares
- Stella Rosa Black vs Riunite
Riunite is cheaper, a bit stronger (about 8%) and tastes more like grape juice; Stella Rosa Black is berrier and feels a little fancier.
- Stella Rosa Black vs Apothic Red
Apothic is a still, full-strength red that just tastes sweet; pick it for a dinner red, and Stella if you want something light and fizzy you can sip cold.
- Stella Rosa Black vs Stella Rosa Moscato
Same family, but the Moscato is a peachy white; go Black if you like berry flavors and red wine color.
What to eat with it
Questions people ask
- What kind of wine is Stella Rosa Black?
- It's a semi-sweet, semi-sparkling red wine from Italy, made mostly from the Brachetto grape. Think light, fizzy and berry-flavored, closer to a dessert or brunch wine than a dinner red.
- How much alcohol is in Stella Rosa Black?
- About 5%, which is roughly what's in a regular beer and less than half of most wines. A 5 oz glass is well under one standard drink.
- Does Stella Rosa Black get you drunk?
- It can, it just takes longer. At 5% a whole bottle has about as much alcohol as two glasses of regular red wine, and because it's sweet and cold it's easy to drink fast.
- Is Stella Rosa Black carbonated?
- Yes, lightly. It's frizzante (Italian for gently fizzy), so you get soft bubbles, not the full pop of Champagne.
- Does Stella Rosa Black need to be refrigerated?
- Not before you open it. Keep it somewhere cool and dark, then chill it before serving. Once opened, keep it in the fridge with a stopper and drink it within two or three days before the fizz fades.
- Does Stella Rosa Black expire?
- It won't go bad like milk, but it's made to drink young. Try to drink it within a year or so of buying it, while the fruit and bubbles are fresh.
If you like this, try
- Apothic RedRed blend (Zinfandel, Merlot, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon) · about $10Good buy
- RiuniteLambrusco · about $7It's fine
- Ménage à Trois RedRed blend (Zinfandel, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon) · about $11It's fine
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Last checked 2026-10-04. Moxie Vino isn’t affiliated with Stella Rosa; this is our honest take. Bottle photo: Stella Rosa (Riboli Family Wines).