Wine

[misslideaway]

Is it true white wine is made from the flesh of the grape and red from the skins?

[Gef]

Not quite. Most (all?) white wines are made from red grapes but the skins are removed before the juice is extracted. Red wines are made from juice which includes the skin.

[winemaker]

White wine can be made from BOTH white and red grapes, in the case of red grape, only the juice is fermented,no skins,whereas juice and skin can be used in white wines. winemaker

[Pinotage]

Nearly all red grapes have clear juice. Most white wine is made from white grapes (actually usually pale green, sometimes pinky.)

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Wine is made from the juice of grapes.

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To make white wine, the grapes a crushed, the juice extracted, the skins thrown away, and the juice is fermented. To make red wine the grapes are crushed and fermentation is started with the skins and the juice. The colour in the skins stains the fermenting liquid red and when ready, the juice is pumped off, leaving the skins behind.

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Red wine is always made from red grapes. White wine is usually made from white grapes, but by pressing red grapes, extracting its juice and removing skins white wine can be made. The most famous example is Champagne which mostly is made from red grapes. To make white wine from red grapes, great care has to be taken not to stain the juice while crushing the grapes.

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Popular 'blush' wines like 'white Zinfandel' deliberately are allowed some red colouration to make them attractively pink.