This blending template was created by Pat Henderson and is available for download here:
The first time I ever blended two wines was an exercise in ignorance. I had a dewberry wine that had beautiful color and clarity but tasted flat. I also had a blackberry wine that was deeply pigmented and very clear, but tasted quite sharp to me. (Today I would describe it differently — excessively malic — but back then it simply tasted sharp.) I decided to blend the two wines and after…
You know from art class that red and white make pink, but is the same true for wine? Often rosès and blush wines are made from red grapes that are briefly exposed to the skins and then vinified as a white wine. Some pink wines, however (especially some of the world’s most revered sparkling wines), are a different breed. This issue, three professional winemakers offer their advice for making rosès from blends…
