Types Of Wine,What is the differences between all those wine:
Red wine
White wine
Ice wine
Pink wine
Just try to explain one by one what is the differences Between those as much as you can how it made maybe how to enjoy i don’t know just try to explain at least so beginner can understand
Also as any other types of wine i heard ice cooler or something like that what is it?
I remember one more Sparkling wine
Amy // Sep 11, 2011 at 5:04 pm
No matter what type of wine grape you’re talking about, they’re made of a few core components. This will help explain how so many different styles can be made:
Skin (some white, some red)
Seeds
Pulp and juice (a lot of water, and sugar)
Stems
Red wine is made from red grapes. After the grapes are picked, the bunches are put through a crusher that breaks the skins, but then the skins, pulp/juice, seeds and sometimes the stems are fermented together. The juice of all grapes – red and white – is actually clear and colorless, so red wines get their color from the skins. They also extract tannins from the skins, which make the wine somewhat astringent or bitter. (Tannins are what makes really dark tea astringent also).
White wines can be made from red or white grapes although most are made from white grapes. When the grapes are harvested, they immediately go into a press and the juice is separated from the skins, seeds and stems and is fermented by itself. It starts out very light in color but gradually becomes more golden as the wine ages a bit.
Pink (or rose or blush wines) are made from red grapes. The grapes go through the crusher and are fermented for a few hours to one day with the skins, so they extract a little bit of color. Then they go into a press, and the rest of the fermentation is done with the juice alone. So they don’t get all the color or tannins of a red wine, but a little of it.
Sparkling wine can be made as a white, rose or red wine. Red wines are very uncommon – but white and rose wines are both common. Both red and white grapes can be used in both – but very little contact with the skins is allowed so the color stays light. As the wine is fermenting, sugar is converted by yeast to alcohol, and CO2 is produced. For still wine production, this CO2 is allowed to escape, but during Sparkling wine production this is captured in the wine which makes it fizzy.
Ice wine is made in cool wine growing regions like Niagara or Germany, from white wine grapes. At the same time as the grapes are reaching full ripeness, a frost happens that causes the grapes to freeze on the vine. They are picked and put in the press frozen. Since the water in the juice is frozen, the press squeezes off mostly just the grapes’ sugars with very little water, so the wine produced is very thick and sweet – considered a dessert wine.
A wine cooler is a mix of wine and juices or soda. It will taste less like wine and more like a mixed drink.
As a beginner, you may want to start with lighter or even slightly sweet wines while you develop a taste for it. Some blush wines are a little sweet, like a White Zinfandel, or Riesling or Gewurtzraminer for white wines. White and rose wines will generally be lighter than reds, and reds will also be more bitter because of the tannin, so it may take more time for you to develop a taste in red wine. Sparkling wine is also very light so could be another good one to start with.
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