Pink Champagne on Ice

When you drop a raisin in the glass of champagne, do you know what it will do? It is going to bounce up and down from the bottom of the top, continuously.

 

 

In the song lyrics from 'Hotel California' from The Eagles

they had "..mirrors on the ceiling.. ♪ ♫ pink champagne on ice.."

 

Pink Champagne was made famous in the 1957 classic movie 'An Affair to Remember' when both of the lead romantic actors fall in love with each other and share 'pink bubbly'.

 

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Champagne is made from four different grapes:

 

1. Chardonnay (white wine grape)

2. Pinot Noir (red wine grape)

3. Pinot Meunier

4. Pinot Gris

 

 

So how come all Champagne is not pink?

 

fun facts:

 

Grapes are all white on the inside and it is only the outside skin that has any color. Therefore one can make a white wine out of a red grape; just remove the skins immediately so that there is no red color added to the wine liquid.

 

For example Zinfandel is a white wine yet zinfandel is a red grape. To make a white Zinfandel, they just let the skins stay on the liquid for a short while, this allows a small amount of the tint from the red skin color the wine liquid, giving it a nice blush color.

 

When they make a Champagne, even though they use 'red grapes' they take the skin away immediately so that none of the red color from the skin affects the overall color of the Champagne liquid.

 

In order to make a Champagne a pink Champagne, all they have to do is let the skins sit with the liquid for a short while. The longer it sits together, the more blush pink the liquid becomes.

 

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