In fact, roses and blush wines would seem to share every attribute except name and success. A rose by any other name, perhaps white zinfandel, would smell as sweet — and sell a lot better.

I recently tasted about a dozen 2010 French roses with a popular distributor. He advised me to concentrate on several that are well placed in stores around the area, best sellers year after year.

There’s new hope for making modern roses smell sweeter than the florist ... a fragrant pink China rose called “Old Blush,” an international team of researchers has uncovered some new targets ...

In another experiment, the team crossed compound-rich Old Blush roses with a less aromatic ... Leading AI models fail new test of artificial general intelligence ...