From Destemming to Decanting: A Must Read of Red Wine Making.
Red wine is a type of wine made from dark-colored grape varieties. The color of the wine can range from intense violet, typical of young wines, through to brick red for mature wines and brown for older red wines. The juice from most purple grapes is greenish-white, the red color coming from anthocyanin pigments present in the skin of the grape. Much of the red wine production process involves the extraction of color and flavor components from the grape skin as opposed to white wines that are made without contact with the skin.
