rosé wines

Pink grape drinks

Rosé wines are pink-colored wines made from red grapes with limited skin contact—the skins are removed before they impart the deep color of red wine.

The style ranges from pale salmon to deeper pink, and from bone-dry to sweet.

Rosé is often associated with casual summer drinking: We brought a chilled rosé to the picnic.

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tasting · dry · terroir · grapes · skin contact · acidity · Provence · picnics · outdoor dining · Loire Valley · fruity · salmon pink · weddings · refreshing · summer sipper · viticulture · fermentation · tannins

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Family

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Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG