What is the difference between red wine and wine?

Red wine is a kind of wine, but it is often regarded as a synonym for wine in China. This is a conventional saying.

According to the regulations of the International Grape and Wine Organization (OIV, 1996), wine can only be a beverage made of crushed or unbroken fresh grape fruit or grape juice by full or partial alcohol fermentation, and its alcohol content should not be lower than 8.5 degrees. However, according to the climate, soil conditions, grape varieties and special quality factors or traditions in some wine producing areas, the minimum total alcohol content of wine can be reduced to 7.0 degrees in some specific areas. There are many kinds of wines in the world. Generally, wines are classified according to the following aspects:

Press the color of the wine.

1. white wine: a wine made from white grapes or wine grapes with light red skins and fermented juice. The color of this wine should be approximately colorless, light yellow with green, light yellow and straw yellow. The color is too dark to meet the requirements of liquor color.

2. Red wine: Wine grapes with red skin and white meat or red skin and meat are selected, mixed with skin and juice for fermentation, and then separated and aged. The color of this wine should be natural ruby red, purple red, pomegranate red and so on. Natural red does not meet the color requirements of red wine.

3. Pink wine: This wine is between red wine and white wine. Wine grapes with red skin and white meat were selected, and the skin and juice were mixed and fermented for a short time to meet the color requirements, and then the skin residue was separated and fermented to mature into pink wine. The color of this wine should be pink, or rose or light red.