Vineyard News
What is happening at Rossiters?
April 2010 We are now open and have a limited supply of our excellent wines. Our Red, Rose and one our whites are now ready for sale. We anticipate the remainder of our whites ready for sale by mid May. We have Bacchus this year will post a note when it is available.
April 2010 Sees the end of the pruning . All 10,000 vines have been pruned by hand, ouch. A very big thank you to Barry and his team. We welcome two new members to our team this year Kelly and Freddie who look forward to serving you from Friday to Sunday.
Will keep you posted.
First things first, red wine is well…red, but why? It's color can be derived from a vast assortment of grape varietals ranging from grapes that are reddish, deep purple, and even a beautiful blue on the color scale. These grapes give rise to a wine that is color classified with such descriptors as garnet, almost black, dark red, light red, ruby red, opaque purple, deep violet, maroon and the list goes on.
It is the grapeskins that are responsible for the red wine’s distinct color spectrum. The skins are in contact with the grape’s juice during the fermentation process, allowing the dispersion of both color and tannins. The individual wine’s particular red hue depends on the grape type used in the process and the length of time the skin’s pigmentation is in contact with juice. There are right around 50 key red wine varietals that consistently manifest themselves in today’s worldwide wine market.
Rossiters Vineyard Ltd
Main Road
Wellow
Isle of Wight
PO41 0TE
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Phone: 01983 761616
Fax: 01983 760263