Diagram comparing a typical red wine grape with pale flesh to a teinturier grape with pigmented red flesh.

Is Souzão a Teinturier Grape?

Bite into most red wine grapes and you may be surprised by what you find. Beneath a dark purple or nearly black skin, the flesh is generally pale. Much of the color in red wine comes from pigments extracted from those skins during fermentation. A small group of grapes is different. Known as teinturier varieties,…