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Red Wine

Red wine is a fermented grape beverage commonly used for drinking, sauces, marinades, and braises.

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About Red Wine

Red wine is a fermented beverage made from dark-colored grapes, with its red, purple, or garnet color developed through contact with grape skins during production. It is consumed as a beverage and used in sauces, marinades, reductions, braises, and other savory preparations.

Its flavor and body vary widely, from light and tart to full and tannic, with fruit, spice, earthy, or oak-associated notes. Styles may be dry, sweet, sparkling, fortified, young, or aged, affecting acidity, sweetness, aroma, and body.

It is sold in bottles, smaller containers, and cooking formats. When used in cooking, heating or reduction changes how it behaves with other ingredients; dilution, concentration, and evaporation can alter its aroma, acidity, sweetness, and texture in the finished dish.

Ingredient type
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English

Red Wine

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Red Wine nutrition & diet

Red Wine nutritional value

Alcoholic beverage, wine, table, red

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the recorded food form.

Calories
85kcal
Protein
0.1g
Carbs
2.6g
Fat
0.0g

Reference values for the specific food form shown. Other varieties, brands and preparations can differ.

Portions & preparation

Record red wine as the specific beverage or cooking ingredient, not as an interchangeable grape product. Vintage, style, residual sweetness, and serving context vary. Cooking may reduce volume but does not make the ingredient equivalent to grape juice, vinegar, or a finished sauce.

Compare the right form: Match references to the exact red wine style and use, distinguishing beverage, cooking wine, fortified product, and amount retained after cooking.

Diet considerations

Red wine is derived from grapes through fermentation. It is not a plain fruit ingredient, and compatibility may change with fortified products, flavorings, fining materials, or a recipe containing animal stock, meat, or dairy. Sauces and braises should be assessed as complete preparations rather than as wine alone.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Depends on the version
  • Vegetarian
    Depends on the version
  • Pescatarian
    Depends on the version
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    May be compatible
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Typically incompatible
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Depends on the version
Production can involve animal-derived fining agents or other additions; check the producer and formulation.
Vegetarian · Depends on the version
Production can involve animal-derived fining agents or other additions; check the producer and formulation.
Pescatarian · Depends on the version
Production can involve animal-derived fining agents or other additions; check the producer and formulation.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · May be compatible
The recorded ingredients may fit this pattern. This is not a complete recipe or manufacturing specification; check additions and preparation.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Typically incompatible
This profile identifies an alcoholic ingredient. Check the actual formulation and preparation against your halal requirements.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central — Alcoholic beverage, wine, table, red ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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