Whats the Difference Between White Zinfandel and Rose?
If you are relatively new to the world of wine then you will probably have come across white Zinfandel wines and rose wines. The common misconception is that these wines are the same as they are roughly the same colour and some were called “Zinfandel” as a way to make them appear a bit more upmarket. The fact is they have different names because they are different. So let’s start with rose wine. It is made using the same grapes – ie red, purple and black- as red wine. When these grapes are crushed the juice produced is actually clear, and it is the pigments in the skin which give the wine it’s colour. With rose wine the skin has very little contact with the juice, being removed very early in the fermentation process, between a few hours to a few days, so that the liquid is only lightly coloured. The skin is left in for much longer when making red wine, anything from several weeks to a few months. This also helps explain why red wine is supposedly better for you as most of the life-savi
