Visit Rosé Mansion and Actually Learn a Lil’ Something 📸🍷💋

Running out of date ideas or things to do before summer's end? Not too savvy in wine culture, but have been putting it off cause that's like for adult, adults...right? Well if the lure of shots of wine coupled with set designs by the Gods don't urge your curiosity (yeah ok), then the genuine wine education provided at this particular pop-up museum will.

Having a lot more to offer than pretty backdrops and hashtags, Rosé Mansion prides themselves on providing thorough vino facts while still allowing you the freedom to enjoy their multi-themed rooms. The Mansion is Manhattan's unique spin on a wine tasting experience, without the trip to the countryside. At least for the next month or so that is. This particular attraction closes its doors in October, with tickets selling out every day don't wait around and miss your chance.

The Mansion is Manhattan's unique spin on a wine tasting experience, without the trip to the countryside.

Who wouldn't benefit from a little wine education? With so many different areas of the world, all with their own take on rosé, there are a few misconceptions.

Contrary to popular belief, rosé is not made by mixing red and white wine. The process is, not only frowned upon by the vino community but also a common misconception. Wines' color comes from juice's contact to the skin. Rosé is made by juicing red grapes and then allowing the liquid to soak with the skins for a short period of time, around 2-3 days. When the 'mixture' starts to take on that pretty pink hue whichever the winemaker prefers, that's when the skin is removed and the juice is allowed to ferment, creating a delightful rosé.

A rosé is a type of wine that incorporates some of the colors from the grape skins, but not enough to qualify it as a red wine and is actually the oldest type as it's the most straightforward. The museum's colorful rooms will walk you through the learning process about rosé, teaching you the different scents and flavors. Sounds pretty dope, amirite?!

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If you remember scratch and sniff stickers then you'll get a kick out of the 'Guess the Aroma' room. Scent associations are just compounds, a collection of elements, that you ‘taste’ through smell. For example, when a wine professional mentions scents like 'chocolate' that doesn't mean cocoa beans were doing the mamba with some grapes. Everyone knows what chocolate tastes like (if you don't, who sent you?). Try out the different smells and see if you can figure out each flavor!

The museum also shows you the difference between still wine and sparkling, which is just the second fermentation process. There are actually 7 different types of sparkling wine that are produced worldwide, with certain countries preferring different methods. For example, the United States prefers the traditional method which is sometimes referred to as the 'Classic Method'. The traditional method goes through two fermentations, rest anywhere from 9 months to several years, and then a final process called remuage.

Oh, and for the bougie, Betty's with the pinkies up, sparkling wine is actually only classified as champagne if it came from actual Champagne, France. #themoreyouknow

Remuage is the purging of dead yeast cells and other particles that emerge during fermentation. If that was a lot to take in, the next room provides you with some sparkling wine to wash it down. (Oh, and for the bougie, Betty's with the pinkies up, sparkling wine is actually only classified as champagne if it came from actual Champagne, France. #themoreyouknow)

Granted, most would be sold on just the shots of wine followed by back to back scenic displays. Although personal photo shoot spreads aside, Rosé Mansion is both fun and educational-- but most definitely on our end of Summer 18’s list of things to do. See ya there?!

Do It for Way More Than Just the ‘Gram: Visit Rosé Mansion and Actually Learn a Lil’ Something 📸🍷💋

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