Blush Wines
 

 A Brief Note on European wine vs. American wine

Manufacturers in the United States refuse to grant the least bit of respect to the skill of italian and french wine makers, and consistently break the 1919 Treaty of Versailles by naming their wines after the specific italian regions specified as off limits in:

Wine made in Napa Valley is in no way a Chianti or Champagne, and never will be: wine is a very sensitive synthesis of many ingredients the characteristics of which change along with weather, the slope of the land the grapes are grown on, and more. Many boston restaurants in the Little Italy of the North end, however, do respect this fact.

The North end of Boston, Massachusetts, along with Oregon state, are in fact the only areas in the US showing any respect toward the talent and skill of italian and french wine makers. Many restaurants in the North end only carry wines made in italy; and travel there every year to pick out new selections. The difference is clear as soon as you touch your lips to your glass.

 Blush Wines

A blush wine is a slightly more complicated beverage than regular wine, involving the added steps of removing grape skins in the middle of the fermentation process, and mixing the darker grapes with lighter ones. In europe, this type of wine is called a 'rose'. Americans call a sweet rose wine a blush wine. Essentially, a blush wine is a dark wine that has the advantages of both the thickness of red wines and the sweetness of a white.

• Blush wine is preferable in the summer time, as taste is improved toward the sweet side, but the wine remains light, like a punch.
• Blush wines caught on in America in the 1980's at the same time as white wines, as producers of dark wines searched for something to do with their darker grapes.