I always thought that rose was a pink wine made from red grapes and a
blush wine was a pink wine made from white white grapes/wine blended
with red grapes/wine.

If I am not mistaken,, and I may be,, BATF has the same definition.
or it could be vice/versa

How do you make that 'over the e symbol anyway.



"Ray" > wrote in message >...
> There is one other possible source for rose type wines. Second run. Use
> the pressed skins after making red wine, add some sugar and a little water
> and referment to get a second batch of wine. It turns out a wine that
> tastes and looks like a cheap rose wine. I am not sure but what some
> commercial rose is exactly this.
>
> Ray
>
> "Miker" > wrote in message
> m...
> > The marketing explanation is the way I understand it, too. Rose had
> > earned a bad reputation as cheap wine, so wine sellers started calling
> > it blush.
> >
> > If there is a strict definition of blush vs. rose based on skin
> > contact time then I've never seen it printed anywhere. Does someone
> > have a reference for this?