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05-11-2020
Column: Wine Chat - TICKLED PINK
Column: Wine Chat - TICKLED PINK
Firstly, what is rosé and how is it made? Rosé wines are beautiful pink wines that instantly conjure up images of summer, dining alfresco by the ocean and sharing a chilled bottle with good friends.
Rosé is a style of wine rather than a variety, and the fact that it sits between reds and whites gives us an indication of how it is made. Although rosé wines can be made by blending a little bit of red wine with a larger amount of white wine, only a small proportion is actually made this way.
Most rosé wines are made from red wine grapes and get their colour from the skins touching the juice for just enough time to stain the wine pink (usually between 4 and 20 hours). When the desired colour has been achieved, the skins are removed, and the wine is processed in the same way as a white wine. Nearly any red wine grape can be used to make a rosé wine. However, the type of grape chosen will greatly affect the flavour of the finished wine.
Many of the first recorded rosé wines were produced in Southern France as earl

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