pink catawba juice

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JackieG

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My juice I got from winery to make pink Catawba is white how do they make it pink? Food coloring?
 
I believe it's blended to give it the pink appearance. Runningwolf can better answer that one. Our Catawba was white as well. It tastes really good blended with a little concord.
 
Most Catawba is White. It takes an exceptionally good year to get some pink juice like last year. I blend something like Chambourcin or concord in with it to get the color I like.
 
I ferment it on the skins and it comes out a bit pinker than if you press before fermentation. A lot of the juice you buy (most actually) is pressed right away, so there is really no pigment in there to give it color.
 

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