Wine (color) Wine (color) The color wine is a dark shade of red. It is a representation of the typical color of red wine. The first recorded use of "wine" as a color name in English was in 1705. The term "bordeaux" is also sometimes used to describe this color. The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Wine (color sample #16). At right is displayed the color claret. Another name for this color is bordeaux. This color is a representation of the average color of bordeaux wine. The first recorded use of "claret" as a
Coonawarra wine region Coonawarra wine region The Coonawarra wine region is a wine region centred on the town of Coonawarra in the Limestone Coast zone of South Australia. It is known for the Cabernet Sauvignon wines produced on its "terra rossa" soil. Coonawarra is an Aboriginal word meaning "Honeysuckle". It is about 380 km southeast of Adelaide, close to the border with Victoria. The first vines were planted by John Riddoch at Yallum, South Australia in 1890. Only the Redman family of Rouge Homme continued to produce table wine during this period, during which Shiraz was the main grape variety grown. Fortunes changed