Wine Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Rosé ==== {{Main|Rosé wine}} A rosé wine gains [[wine color|color]] from red grape skins, but not enough to qualify it as a [[red wine]]. It may be the oldest known type of wine, as it is the most straightforward to make with the [[Maceration (wine)|skin contact method]]. The color can range from a pale orange to a vivid near-purple, depending on the varietals used and wine-making techniques. There are three primary ways to produce rosé wine: Skin contact (allowing dark grape skins to stain the [[wort]]), saignée (removing juice from the [[must]] early in fermentation and continuing fermentation of the juice separately), and [[Blending (alcohol production)|blending]] of a red and white wine (uncommon and discouraged in most wine growing regions). Rosé wines have a wide range of [[sweetness (wine)|sweetness levels]] from [[dryness (taste)|dry]] [[Provençal (wine)|Provençal]] rosé to sweet [[White Zinfandel]]s and blushes. Rosé wines are made from a wide variety of grapes all over the world.<ref name="Oxford">J. Robinson (ed) ''"The Oxford Companion to Wine"'' Third Edition pg 593 Oxford University Press 2006 {{ISBN|0-19-860990-6}}</ref><ref name="Clarke encyclopedia">O. Clarke ''Oz Clarke's Encyclopedia of Wine'' pgs 15, 225, 320, 360 Time Warner Books, London 2003 {{ISBN|0-316-72654-0}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page