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Rosé

Dark grapes, but the skins are left in for only a few hours. Just long enough to turn the wine pink.

A bottle of rosé in an ice bucket and two glasses on a garden table

Rosé gets its colour from a few hours with the dark grape skins, so it sits between white and red. Most rosé is dry, light and made to be drunk within a year or two.

Tastes of
Strawberry, melon, a squeeze of citrus
Serve
Well chilled
Good with
Salads, grilled fish, cold meats, anything eaten outdoors

Paler does not mean sweeter or weaker. The pale pink wines of Provence, in the south of France, are among the driest. Tavel, in the Rhône, makes a darker, fuller one.

Start with a pale, dry rosé from the south of France.

Grapes often used for rosé

All grapes

Grenache

Say it: gruh-NASH

The warm, generous red. Ripe strawberry fruit and a soft finish. Called Garnacha in Spain.

  • Strawberry
  • Raspberry
  • White pepper

Syrah

Say it: sih-RAH

The dark, peppery red. Also called Shiraz, mainly in Australia.

  • Blackberry
  • Black pepper
  • Olive

Pinot Noir

Say it: PEE-noh NWAHR

The light, silky red. Pale in the glass, full of red fruit, never heavy.

  • Cherry
  • Raspberry
  • Mushroom

The other four types

The five types of wine
A glass of red wine on a dark wooden table

Red

Made from dark grapes, with the skins left in the juice. The skins give the colour and that dry, grippy feeling called tannin.

 A glass of white wine on a sunlit stone table

White

Made from the juice alone, without the skins, so it stays pale and fresh. Usually lighter and crisper than red.

 A glass of sparkling wine with rising bubbles

Sparkling

Wine with bubbles. The fizz comes from a second fermentation that traps gas in the bottle. Champagne is the most famous.

 A small glass of golden dessert wine with cheese and dried fruit

Sweet

Wine that keeps some of the grape's natural sugar. Rich, golden and served in small glasses, often at the end of a meal.