Understanding the difference between red and white wine can be as simple as night and day.
Basically, red wine comes from crushed, fermented red grapes. After they are crushed, these grapes, with their skins intact, ferment for several weeks. The skins rise, but often are mixed back into the fermenting juice. The result is wine that is clarified and allowed to age.
White wines come from white grapes. During the crushing process, the skins from white grapes are separated from the juice. Before long, this juice becomes white wine, which is aged and later bottled.
Red wines often are served with red meat; white wines with seafood and poultry. However, all rules are made to be broken, so we suggest that you find a wine you enjoy and match it with your favorite foods. The results can often be very rewarding.