Blending is a technique in producing
wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink made from Fermentation in winemaking, fermented fruit. Yeast in winemaking, Yeast consumes the sugar in the fruit and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Wine is most often made f ...
or other
alcoholic beverage
Drinks containing alcohol (drug), alcohol are typically divided into three classes—beers, wines, and Distilled beverage, spirits—with alcohol content typically between 3% and 50%. Drinks with less than 0.5% are sometimes considered Non-al ...
s such as
gueuze
Gueuze (; ) is a type of lambic, a Beer in Belgium, Belgian beer. It is made by Blending (alcohol production), blending young (1-year-old) and old (2- to 3-year-old) lambics, which is bottled for a second Fermentation (food), fermentation. B ...
, consisting of mixing different brews.
In the case of
rosé wine
A rosé () is a type of wine that incorporates some of the color from the grape skins, but not enough to qualify it as a red wine. It may be the oldest known type of wine, as it is the most straightforward to make with the skin contact method ...
production, it is one of the techniques used, and involves mixing a white wine with some red wine.
In the case with single-vintage, single-varietal wines, the grapes harvested may be from the same yield, but fermented from different batches.
How to make Sauvignon Blanc Wine, Yealands Family Wines
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See also
* Blended whiskey
References
Alcoholic drinks
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