{"id":14050,"date":"2017-07-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/understanding-pinot-grigio-rose-and-other-pink-wines"},"modified":"2017-10-05T14:44:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T12:44:56","slug":"understanding-pinot-grigio-rose-and-other-pink-wines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/en\/understanding-pinot-grigio-rose-and-other-pink-wines","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Pinot Grigio ros\u00e9 and other pink wines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever wondered how they make Pinot Grigio ros\u00e9<\/strong><\/a>? Pinot Grigio wine is white, right? So how can Pinot Grigio ros\u00e9 be pink<\/em>? The answer is simpler than you might think, but it’s a good question. We all enjoy a glass of ros\u00e9<\/strong><\/a> during the summer, but how much do we really know about the pink stuff?<\/p>\n

This guide will tell you all about how ros\u00e9 wine<\/strong><\/a> is made, so you’ll be able to impress whoever will listen at your next barbeque!<\/p>\n

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What is ros\u00e9 wine?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ros\u00e9 wine, sometimes called Rosado<\/em> (in Spanish and Portuguese) and Rosato<\/em> (in Italian), is neither white nor red, but pink. There are many different shades of pink and many different styles of ros\u00e9 wine. Ros\u00e9 is increasingly popular these days, with quality\u00a0Provence ros\u00e9<\/strong><\/a> and inexpensive Californian ros\u00e9 wines constantly in demand.<\/p>\n

There is not just one style of ros\u00e9, just as there’s not just one style of red, white or sparkling wine. Ros\u00e9 is often overlooked as being too simple a category, but there’s a wide range produced from bone dry to a little sweet, pale to quite dark and light to almost full-bodied. The different styles are down to a whole host of factors, from wine growing regions and grape varieties to winemaking styles.<\/p>\n

In this guide, we’ll try to get a handle on ros\u00e9 winemaking in particular. Let’s go back to our friend Pinot Grigio ros\u00e9<\/strong><\/a>, then.<\/p>\n

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How is ros\u00e9 wine made?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Making ros\u00e9 wine has a lot of steps in common with white and red winemaking, though it has some distinct methods of its own. The winemaker starts with (red) wine grapes, and has a number of options to choose from in order to produce a ros\u00e9 wine. Four of the most common methods are:<\/p>\n