#WHITE WINE GRAPES SKIN#

The Champagne is a white wine because the clear juice from the Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grapes are combined with the clear juice from the Chardonnay grape prior to fermentation with no skin contact.Īnd, other white wines are produced from red wine grapes. Traditional Champagne is made from two red grapes (Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier ( Pee-noh Mehr-n'yay)) and one white wine grape (Chardonnay). One of the most famous white wines that is made from red grapes is Champagne. That is, you simply follow the white wine-making process but using red grapes. So, to produce a white wine from a red wine grape, you simply don’t allow for any contact between the grape juice and the skins and seeds. If you simply were to press the red grapes, you’d find that the juice is nearly clear. The key to producing a red wine is the time that the red grapes and seeds spend soaking in the fermenting juice. Then, the fermented red wine is drained from the tanks either by allowing the wine to freely drain, or by pressing the mixture to extract the wine.

But, with red wines, the grape juice, skins and seeds are all present for fermentation. The juice may undergo additional processes to remove particles so that fermentation begins with clear juice. In the production of white wines, the grapes are pressed to extract the juice from the grapes. But, did you know that white wines can be made from red wine grapes?įirst, let’s take a quick look at how white and red wines are made. Traditionally, white wine is made from ‘green’ grapes and red wine is made from ‘red’ grapes.

White wine grapes