Wine Color During Pressing

Wine’s color comes from the grape’s skins—thus, white wines are white because they have very little contact with the grape skins, while red wines soak in the grape skins and acquire their color. Some white wine grapes have white skin, while other white wine grapes have darker skin.

A notable red grape that is often used to make a white wine is Pinot Noir, and it is one of the three main varietals (see Champagne Varietals section) which are used to make Champagne which is almost always white.

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