Rose
Perhaps best known in Provence and Tavel, rose is a great pink wine. Rarely super complex, and not to be aged, good roses are tart and fruity, and cut through the garlicky aioli so often accompanying fish and fish stews in the Mediterranean. Roses are also good choices for cold luncheons, picnics and buffets. They are made from red wine grapes, and during fermentation have minimal skin contact so they don't pick up too much color from the grape skins
White Zinfandel
White Zinfandel is a light pink ''blush'' wine made in California from early-picked Zinfandel grapes. The red grapes are quickly separated from their skins during crushing and fermentation so that the resulting wine is very light pink; thus White Zinfandels have far less color, alcohol and flavors than normally fermented Zinfandels. Because early-picked grapes tend to be high in acidity, most White Zinfandels are made in a sweet style (with various amounts of residual--unfermented--sugar) to balance the acidity. Sutter Home Winery (located in the Napa Valley) was one of the first wineries to promote White Zinfandels, which are simply a light rose wine. |
