National Red Wine Day

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August 28th is National Red Wine Day in the United States.

Red wine is wine that has been made from dark coloured grapes. The colour of the wine can vary a lot, with that of young wines being violet through brick red and to brown for older wines. The colour comes from the skins of the grape in most cases, as the juice of purple grapes is greenish white; the exception being teinturier varieties which produce a red juice. There are dozens of different grape varieties used to make red wine.

Traditionally, red wines are drunk at room temperature, though the coolest room of the house, not the room where they are drunk, not chilled, though it is becoming more common to chill red wines, especially those that are highly aromatic.