Dena Jo,
I don't think anyone mentioned 'Rose' is French for 'pink'; I always
though that was the origin. I'm not sure blush is not more of a
marketing term than anything else.
Regards,
Joe

Dena Jo wrote in message ...
Just wanted to thank everyone who answered my question!

The marketing explanation is the way I understand it, too. Rose had
earned a bad reputation as cheap wine, so wine sellers started calling
it blush.

If there is a strict definition of blush vs. rose based on skin
contact time then I've never seen it printed anywhere. Does someone
have a reference for this?

There is one other possible source for rose type wines. Second run. Use
the pressed skins after making red wine, add some sugar and a little water
and referment to get a second batch of wine. It turns out a wine that
tastes and looks like a cheap rose wine. I am not sure but what some
commercial rose is exactly this.

Ray

"Miker" wrote in message
m...
The marketing explanation is the way I understand it, too. Rose had
earned a bad reputation as cheap wine, so wine sellers started calling
it blush.

If there is a strict definition of blush vs. rose based on skin
contact time then I've never seen it printed anywhere. Does someone
have a reference for this?

I always thought that rose was a pink wine made from red grapes and a
blush wine was a pink wine made from white white grapes/wine blended
with red grapes/wine.

If I am not mistaken,, and I may be,, BATF has the same definition.
or it could be vice/versa

How do you make that 'over the e symbol anyway.



"Ray" wrote in message ...
There is one other possible source for rose type wines. Second run. Use
the pressed skins after making red wine, add some sugar and a little water
and referment to get a second batch of wine. It turns out a wine that
tastes and looks like a cheap rose wine. I am not sure but what some
commercial rose is exactly this.

Ray

"Miker" wrote in message
m...
The marketing explanation is the way I understand it, too. Rose had
earned a bad reputation as cheap wine, so wine sellers started calling
it blush.

If there is a strict definition of blush vs. rose based on skin
contact time then I've never seen it printed anywhere. Does someone
have a reference for this?

"Lib" wrote in message
om...
How do you make that 'over the e symbol anyway.

I use a freebie program called "AllChars". A Google search should turn it
up.

Tom S

(Lib) wrote in message . com...
I always thought that rose was a pink wine made from red grapes and a
blush wine was a pink wine made from white white grapes/wine blended
with red grapes/wine.

If I am not mistaken,, and I may be,, BATF has the same definition.
or it could be vice/versa

This is what the BATF regulations have to say about the color of wine:

"Grape wine deriving its characteristic color or lack of color from
the presence or absence of the red coloring matter of the skins,
juice,
or pulp of grapes may be designated as ``red wine,'' ``pink (or rose)
wine,'' ``amber wine,'' or ``white wine'' as the case may be. Any
grape
wine containing no added grape brandy or alcohol may be further
designated as ``natural."

In other words, not much. The word "blush" isn't mentioned and, come
to think of it, I can't remember ever seeing it on a wine label. But
then I don't drink the stuff much ;^) I don't think "blush" has any
official meaning, it's just a word wineries came up with for pink,
usually sweet wine. Also, at least here in California, I've never
heard of a blush wine being made from a mix of red and white grapes;
it's a pink wine made from red grapes. In other words, in trying to
distinguish between "blush" and "rosé", we're trying to distinguish
between two terms that are virtually synonymous.

Oh, and if you don't want to download a program for symbols, Alt-130
works well for é. If you experiment with Alt-1xy where x and y are
other digits, you can find all of the international symbols you want.

- Mark W.

I always thought that rose was a pink wine made from red grapes and a
blush wine was a pink wine made from white white grapes.

End the sentance there and that's basically how I've always defined
them.

How do you make that 'over the e symbol anyway.

Try the good old way: ensure your Num Lock is on, then *while holding
down the Alt key* type 130 on the keypad.

Ben

Called by many names "pink wine" can be made from a number of methods
1. A very short skin contact when fermenting red skinned grapes
2. Blending a red and white wine together, eg. adding 9% Merlot to say
Riesling.
3. Even certain white grapes when given an extra skin contact e.g. Pinot
Gris will cause a blush wine.
However in the wine kits its probably a small amount of red base concentrate
added to a white base concentrate, than ran through the pasteurizor prior to
packaging.

"Ben Rotter" wrote in message
om...
I always thought that rose was a pink wine made from red grapes and a
blush wine was a pink wine made from white white grapes.

End the sentance there and that's basically how I've always defined
them.

How do you make that 'over the e symbol anyway.

Try the good old way: ensure your Num Lock is on, then *while holding
down the Alt key* type 130 on the keypad.

Ben

"Lib" wrote in message
How do you make that 'over the e symbol anyway.

1) Hold down the Alt key and type "0233" on the alternate keypad.

or

2) Click "Start/Program/Accessories/Systems Tools/Character Map. Then select
the character set and character(s) you wish to enter and click
"select/copy". Then paste the character(s) into your message.

or

3) Click "Start/Settings/Control Panel/Keyboard/Language/Add". Scroll down
to "French", and click "OK". Click OK. Select the French Keyboard from your
system tray, and type "é".