![]() ![]() On arrival at the winery the grapes are crushed and de-stemmed. White grapes need less heat than red grapes to ripen so vineyards at higher altitudes and in northern regions, including those in northern France, tend to produce more white wine than red wine. Zinfandel and Grenache are two varieties of red grape that are well known in the production of white wine. White wines that are made from dark skinned grapes are known as blanc de noirs (white of blacks) and may have a slightly pink tinge. However, if black grapes are used it is essential that the skins (which contain the pigmented tannins and anthocyanins that give colour) and juice are separated from each other quickly and carefully. As all grape flesh is greeny white (with the exception of the red fleshed Tenturier variety) it is possible to make white wine from both black and white skinned grapes. The colour of white wine ranges from almost clear to deep gold. White wine is produced through the fermentation of the pulp of grapes and as grapes are naturally chemically balanced to ferment without requiring additional sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients so it is likely that wine was discovered rather than invented by man.Įarly evidence of white wine includes residue from five clay amphorae from Tutankhamun's tomb, and in the second century AD Athenaeus describes a white wine from near Lake Mareotis (modern-day Egypt) as "Excellent, white, fragrant, pleasant, easily assimilated, thin, not likely to go to the head, and diuretic."
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