Wine type: Red

What differentiates red wine from white is first, the skin color of the grape, and second, the amount if time the grape juice has with its skins. After picking, red grapes are put into tanks or barrels where they marinate with their skins for a bit, absorbing the pigments and other aspects of the skin (think tannins). This is how red wine gets its red color. The exact color, which can range from light red to almost purple, depends on both the color of the particular grape skin and the amount of time it sits with the skins. Remember, the inside of almost all grapes is a light, golden color – it's the skins that have the pigment. For example, much of Champagne is made from Pinot Noir and/or Pinot Meunier, both red grapes. Yet because it spends so little time on its skins, the color of the Champagne is often white.

Delheim Cabernet Sauvignon 2005, South Africa	Fairview Goats do Roam Bored Doe 2006, South Africa	Glen Carlou Tortoise Hill Red 2006, South Africa
Guardian Peak Merlot 2008, South Africa	Guardian Peak Shiraz 2007, South Africa	Hartenberg Merlot 2006, South Africa
Hartenberg Cabernet-Sauvignon-Shiraz 2005, South Africa	Jordan Shiraz 2006, South Africa	Mooiplaas Merlot 2006, South Africa
Mooiplaas Pinotage 2005, South Africa	Newton Johnson Pinot Noir 2006, South Africa	Rijks Shiraz 2004, South Africa
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