What type of wine does your parish use for the celebration of the Mass?

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What type of wine does your parish use for the celebration of the Mass?
  • Red
  • Rose/blush
  • White
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Sorry if this displays my ignorance…but what is the difference between red and rose/blush?
 
Kei said:
Sorry if this displays my ignorance…but what is the difference between red and rose/blush?
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Rose/blush is sorta “pink” – resulting from a blending of red and white wines.
 
Sometimes, but not all rose/blush wine is a blend. Some grapes naturally produce a pinker hued wine, just as some whites are more yellow.
 
Not red, not rose, no ide what blush is, not white (that would be strange) it is a brown colour, not light brown either.
 
Sacramental wine as required by Canon Law (of an red/amber hue).
 
AngelusDomini said:
Sacramental wine as required by Canon Law (of an red/amber hue).
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Canon law does now require “sacramental wine.” It requires wine made from grapes with no additives except as needed for strictly preservation. In other words sulfates can be added.
 
LordsDaughter said:
My church uses non alcoholic is that common?
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It’s not allowed…

A priest is allowed to use natural grape juice (“mustum”) with an extremely low level of alcohol which has not been pasteurized if they are alcoholics and have approval from their bishops. This mustum cannot however be universally used for the celebration of Mass…
 
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Sorry I should have worded that better - we use a brand of sacramental wine as it fulfills the requirements of canon law.
 
This is an interesting question, but I would rather know the exact kind (not just red, white or blush).

Reason, I think parishes use great tasting wine and would like to buy some of those wines for my house 🙂
 
I have (unfortunately) heard of churches using any old red wine (or indeed white/rose) which is why I responded with sacramental wine.
 
That’s not allowed in the Catholic and Orthodox churches. I know some protestants do that, but it would not be allowed for Catholics or the Orthodox
 
phil19034 said:
This is an interesting question, but I would rather know the exact kind (not just red, white or blush).

Reason, I think parishes use great tasting wine and would like to buy some of those wines for my house
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Wow, I don’t think I have ever experienced a good-tasting wine used at Mass. Most are extremely sweet. One parish uses Trader Joe’s 3 Buck Chuck which is about the best I have ever tasted at Mass.

Years ago at the early Christmas morning Mass I would substitute (with the pastor’s permission) a bottle of chilled ruby red port for our standard box wine. It was really cool to see people smile after receiving communion from the chalice.
 
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phil19034:
This is an interesting question, but I would rather know the exact kind (not just red, white or blush).

Reason, I think parishes use great tasting wine and would like to buy some of those wines for my house
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Wow, I don’t think I have ever experienced a good-tasting wine used at Mass. Most are extremely sweet. One parish uses Trader Joe’s 3 Buck Chuck which is about the best I have ever tasted at Mass.

Years ago at the early Christmas morning Mass I would substitute (with the pastor’s permission) a bottle of chilled ruby red port for our standard box wine. It was really cool to see people smile after receiving communion from the chalice.
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Yeah, the parishes around me pick nice tasting wines. They are sweet, but good. But then again, most parishes near me rarely distribute the precious blood (at least on Sundays).
 
Duesenberg said:
As long as it’s grape wine, it’s good to go.
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Is it? I believe that the episcopal conference in my country requires that the grapes must not be from foreign import and that no additives (colorings, aromas, sweeteners etc.) may be used during the manufacturing process, plus a bunch of technical conditions I don’t understand since I’m not a viticulturist.
 
Kei said:
Sorry if this displays my ignorance…but what is the difference between red and rose/blush?
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Red wine happens when the wine is allowed to ferment without removing the grape skins.

White wine happens when the grape skins are immediately removed before the wine ferments.

Rose wine happens when the skins are removed part way through the process.

The designations have to do with the process, not the final color of the wine. That’s why there are “white zinfandel” and “white merlot” wines, although they are pink in color.

Some rose wines can be quite dark in color, even darker than some reds.

Those words describe the process, not the final color of the wine.

I know already that people are going to disagree. Look it up. Red, white, and rose describe the process, not the final color.
 
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