ROSE

Rose

A rosé is a type of wine that incorporates some of the color from the grape skins, but not enough to qualify it as a red wine. It may be the oldest known type of wine, as it is the most straightforward to make with the skin contact method. The pink color can range from a pale "onion"-skin orange to a vivid near-purple, depending on the grape varieties used and winemaking techniques. There are three major ways to produce rosé wine: skin contact, saignée and blending. Rosé wines can be made still, semi-sparkling or sparkling and with a wide range of sweetness levels from bone-dry Provençal rosé to sweet White Zinfandels and blushes. Rosé are made from a ...

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rose

Noun

  1. A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.
  2. A flower of the rose plant.
  3. A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae)
  4. Something resembling a rose flower.
  5. A purplish-red or pink colour, the colour of some rose flowers.
  6. A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose.
  7. The base of a light socket.
  8. Any of various flower-like polar graphs of sinusoids or their squares.

Noun (etymology 2)

Verb

  1. To make rose-coloured; to redden or flush.
  2. To perfume, as with roses.

Verb (etymology 2)

Adjective

  1. Having a purplish-red or pink colour. See rosy


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