Red wine or white wine? Sparkling wine or rosé?

is made from red wine grapes that are left on their skins before and/or after fermentation so that the colouring agents and tannins in the skin are transferred to the must. So far so easy.

on the other hand, is almost always made from green-skinned grapes. But a Pinot Gris, for example, also has darker grapes. This is why the juice is gently pressed and - as a rule - not fermented with the skins. However, new experiments are leaving whole grapes in the must and fermenting them for more extract. White wine can also be made from red grapes such as Pinot Noir if the must has no contact with the skins. This is called Blanc de Noirs - white wine made from black grapes.

is not a mixture of red and white wine, but is also made from red grape varieties, where the grapes are left to ferment in the must for longer or shorter, depending on the desired colour. Due to the many different red wine grapes with thicker or thinner skins, larger or smaller berries, there are so many different shimmering rosé wines: from delicate peach-coloured rosés made from Gaglioppo grapes in Calabria to dark ruby-red Lagrein rosés from Bolzano.

sparkling wines are wines that undergo a second fermentation and the resulting CO2 does not escape into the air but remains "captured". This can take place in large pressurised containers (as with most Proseccos, for example) or in bottle fermentation as with Champagne and other sparkling wines Sparkling wine.

Well-made sweet wines are characterised by their balance of sweetness (due to the high proportion of residual sugar in the grape), extract and acidity. As a food pairing with cheese or with desserts (especially baked and/or with apples), this combination is a dream!

For those who can't or don't want to drink alcohol, we also have a selection of fine alternatives: