Level 4 · Lesson 2
White, Red, Rosé, and Amber
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Glossary
Terms that have earned their place
- Skin contact
- Time during which juice or wine remains in contact with grape skins.
- Direct pressing
- Pressing grapes with limited pre-fermentation maceration to separate juice from solids.
- Saignée
- Bleeding some juice from a red-wine lot, which can then be fermented separately as rosé.
Keep digging
Sources and further reading
- Tablas Creek — 2025 Patelin de Tablas Rosé technical details
- Tablas Creek — 2012 historical Patelin Rosé production account
Sources support the teaching model; they do not make promotional regional descriptions universal bottle guarantees.