THE COLOUR RED

the sloshing sound, the clinking of glasses and the red-ruby color - nothing is as seductive as the sight and taste of fine red wine. wine, the drink that is made from fermented grape juice, is loved by many. Having this elegant drink, not only at parties but also as accompaniment to meals, is a growing trend. Red wine,especially,has become the popular choice due to its health benefit,especially for the heart.But to understand the benefit or non benefits of red wine,one also must understand the process of wine making.And,how it get the ruby red co lour so coveted by many.Wine making can be traced back 8000 years to Georgia.It is made of grape juice that is fermented using different types of yeast. The yeast consumes the sugar in the crushed grape juice, turning it into alcohol. When starting out as grape juice, 99% of it has a clear-greyish color. this grape juice turns into wine when fermented and it in turn turns into red wine through the process due to which the wine receives its red color by keeping the clear wine in contact with the skin of the grapes so that all the coloring agents are leached from the grape skin into the juice.
The amount of time the skin of the grapes stays in contact with the grape juice determines the color of the explains Antoine Garet, owner of Greenline, a wine store. When making rose wines, the grape skin is allowed to come into contact only for a very short while. For a darker color, the drupes must be kept in contact up to 10 days.Red drupe grape can also be used to make white wine if the juice is not allowed to come into contact with the skin.