Wine

Each grape gives its own color in the glass: thin-skinned Pinot Noir stays a translucent ruby, while Syrah, Monastrell and Bobal turn almost black. Twenty-six reds and twenty whites, young.

Three classic blends: the Rioja pairing of Tempranillo and Garnacha, the Bordeaux pairing of Cabernet and Merlot, and the Mediterranean trio of Garnacha, Syrah and Monastrell.

How a red wine changes color with time: from the violet of a young wine to the garnet of a crianza and the brick, or teja, of a gran reserva. Each category at release and after 5, 10 and 20 years.

The widest color range of any family of wines: from the pale straw of Manzanilla and Fino, aged under a veil of yeast, to the near-black ebony of Pedro Ximénez.

From the pale pink of Provence to the strawberry of Navarra and the violet pink of Utiel-Requena: five rosés, each with the color its own rules describe.

Cava, Prosecco, Franciacorta and two from Brazil, white and rosé: from the pale straw of a young sparkling wine to the gold of a long-aged Riserva.

The rules of Port set out a scale of nine color classes: five for reds, from the deep «retinto» of a Vintage to the «alourado claro» of a light tawny, one for rosé and three for whites.