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Old 05-08-2008, 06:51 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Re: Gallo

Originally Posted by Zak33 View Post
Well, from wat I understand, Rose is all over the place at the mo.

Some rose is white, with colouring in it.
Some is white and red wine blended.

And some (Gallo White Zinfandel for example) is red grapes, crushed and then the skins are filtered out to keep the colour reduced. ie a red wine is only red becasue of the skins staying in.

Think thats righht....anyone care to ellucidate?
Thats correct , even white wine can be made form red grapes , its just the length of times the skins are left in that gives you rose or red.



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