Cocktails with White wine
White wine is a still wine fermented from the juice of pale or dark grapes with the skins removed early.
ABV12–14%
Taste profile
Acidity leads, framing orchard and citrus fruit against a light body, with sweetness ranging from bone dry to gently off-dry.
How it's used
Reached for when a build needs length and crisp acidity without spirit weight, it serves as a low-proof base or lengthener, poured chilled and either stirred in or topped over the finished drink.
Substitutes for White wine
Another dry, light-bodied still white wine of similar acidity.
Description
Winemakers press the grapes and ferment the clear juice apart from the skins, which keeps the wine pale and light-bodied and yields dry to off-dry styles depending on how much sugar is fermented out.
Storage
Refrigerate once opened and use within a few days, as it oxidizes and loses freshness quickly.
Origin
Wine made from fermented grapes is among the oldest produced beverages, with viticulture long established across the Mediterranean and the Near East.
