Rosé: The Pink Drink!

Imagine a drink that's not quite red and not quite white, but a beautiful pink! That's rosé! It gets its lovely color from grape skins.

It's like a special juice that gets a little bit of color from the outside of the grapes before it's made into a drink. The color can be super light, like a pale orange, or a bright, fun pink. It's made from lots of different kinds of grapes, so every rosé can taste a little bit different.

Rosé is one of the oldest drinks people have ever made! It's thought to be the easiest kind of drink to make because you just let the grape skins touch the juice for a little while. Think of it like steeping a tea bag – the longer it stays in, the stronger the color and flavor. People have been making rosé for a very, very long time, maybe even longer than any other kind of drink we know today!

Making rosé is like a fun science experiment! The most common way is to crush the grapes and let their skins sit with the juice for a few hours, usually between two and twenty hours. Then, they press the juice away from the skins.

The longer the skins hang out with the juice, the pinker the drink becomes! Sometimes, winemakers take a little bit of pink juice out of a red wine batch to make rosé, which makes the red wine even stronger.

You can find rosé all over the world! It's called different names in different countries. In France, England, and Portugal, it's called rosé. In Spain, it's 'rosado,' and in Italy, it's 'rosato.' It can be bubbly like soda pop, or still like juice. Some rosés are very dry, which means they don't taste sweet at all, while others are a bit sweeter. It's a super popular drink for sunny days!