Why does red wine or sharz make my lips purple? Anything I can do to stop it?!
Answers: it's got nothing to do with price. an expensive Barolo will still colour your mouth. It's the tannins caused by skin contact. do know that feeling that makes the roof of your mouth dry to rub against? That's the tannins at work. Ask the shopkeep/waiter/sommelier for something not so tannic... stay away from shiraz/syrah.
wear something on your lips when you drink. Lip gloss or chapstick even.
A layer of an oil or petrochemical lipstick, lip gloss, or "chap" stick will help. Also, be sure that you don't have a lot of dead skin on your lips.
The reason red wines are red is because the color is from the grapeskins - they sit in it for a period of time after crush. That residual color can gather on the skin of your lips and be absorbed by it. It's similar to Kool-Aid smile or when your tongue turns blue after an icee.
When i'm drinking reds i sip on water to neutralize all the color from the wine, it usually works but it's known that wine stains your lips and teeth. Don't worry, its normal.
Drink with a straw? :-)
Your drinking a wine thats very viscous. In this case its syrupy, try drinking something a little pricier and you may find it won't turn your lips colors.