Rosé is a type of wine that is neither purely red wine nor purely white wine. It is made from red-skinned grapes with the skins removed from contact with the pressed juice for a short period, rather than left in contact throughout fermentation as with red wine making. As the skins contain much of the strongly flavoured tannin and other compounds, this leaves the wine tasting more similar to a white wine. A glass of white wine This article is about the beverage. ... Species Vitis acerifolia Vitis aestivalis Vitis amurensis Vitis arizonica Vitis x bourquina Vitis californica Vitis x champinii Vitis cinerea Vitis x doaniana Vitis girdiana Vitis labrusca Vitis x labruscana Vitis monticola Vitis mustangensis Vitis x novae-angliae Vitis palmata Vitis riparia Vitis rotundifolia Vitis rupestris Vitis shuttleworthii Vitis tiliifolia Vitis... Tannins are astringent, bitter-tasting plant polyphenols that bind and precipitate proteins. ...

European rosé are often dry wines while American ones, such as white Zinfandel are often very sweet. This is not a grape variety but a method of processing Zinfandel grapes. ...

Sometimes rosé wines have been made by mixing red and white wines, but this practise is discouraged in most wine growing regions now except for Rosé de Champagne.

Rosé is also known as blush wine in America. Rosé wines originating from Germany are normally labelled as Weißherbst. Wikiquote has quotations relating to: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government Official website of the United States government - Gateway to governmental sites White House - Official site of the US President Senate. ...