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UncategorizedSeptember 9, 201452Views 0Likes 0Comments

Burgundy wine (French: Bourgogne or vin de Bourgogne) is wine made in the Burgundy region in eastern France, in the valleys and slopes west of the Saône River, a tributary of the Rhône. The most famous wines produced here—those commonly referred to as "Burgundies"—are dry red wines made from Pinot noir grapes and white wines…

Investments In Wine

UncategorizedFebruary 23, 201449Views 0Likes 0Comments

Investment wine, like gold bullion, rare coins, fine art, and collectible trading cards, is an alternative investment other than the traditional financial holdings of stocks, bonds, cash, or real estate. While most wine is employed as a consumable beverage, some wines are purchased with the intention to resell them at a higher price in the…

The Practice of Wine Tasting

UncategorizedFebruary 22, 201456Views 0Likes 0Comments

Lorem text Lorem text Lorem text Wine tasting (often, in wine circles, simply tasting) is the sensory examination and evaluation of wine. While the practice of wine tasting is as ancient as its production, a more formalized methodology has slowly become established from the 14th century onwards. Modern, professional wine tasters (such as sommeliers or buyers for retailers)…

The Most Important Wine Consideration

UncategorizedFebruary 21, 201443Views 0Likes 0Comments

Storage is an important consideration for wine that is being kept for long-term aging. While most wine is consumed within 24 hours of purchase, fine wines are often set aside for long-term storage. Wine is one of the few commodities that can improve with age but it can also rapidly deteriorate if kept in inadequate…

Health Effects of Wine

UncategorizedFebruary 20, 201442Views 0Likes 0Comments

Although excessive alcohol consumption has adverse health effects, epidemiological studies have consistently demonstrated that moderate consumption of alcohol and wine is statistically associated with a decrease in cardiovascular illness such as heart failure. Additional news reports on the French paradox also back the relationship. This paradox concerns the comparatively low incidence of coronary heart disease…

Mutants and Clones of Pinot Noir

UncategorizedFebruary 19, 201492Views 0Likes 0Comments

Pinot noir is almost certainly a very ancient variety that may be only one or two generations removed from wild, Vitis sylvestris, vines. Its origins are nevertheless unclear: In De re rustica, Columella describes a grape variety similar to pinot noir in Burgundy during the 1st century CE, however, vines have grown wild as far…

Aging of Wine Does Matter

UncategorizedFebruary 16, 201449Views 0Likes 0Comments

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Vintages in Winemaking

UncategorizedFebruary 15, 201447Views 0Likes 0Comments

Vintage, in winemaking, is the process of picking grapes and creating the finished product (see Harvest (wine)). A vintage wine is one made from grapes that were all, or primarily, grown and harvested in a single specified year. In certain wines, it can denote quality, as in Port wine, where Port houses make and declare…

Alternative Wine Closure

UncategorizedFebruary 13, 201465Views 0Likes 0Comments

Alternative wine closures are substitute closures used in the wine industry for sealing wine bottles in place of traditional cork closures. The emergence of these alternatives has grown in response to quality control efforts by winemakers to protect against "cork taint" caused by the presence of the chemical trichloroanisole (TCA). The closures debate, chiefly between…

Early Wines in the Americas

UncategorizedFebruary 12, 201445Views 0Likes 0Comments

Alcoholic beverages were made by indigenous peoples of the Americas before the Age of Discovery. Indigenous peoples are known to have used maize, potatoes, quinua, pepper tree fruits and strawberries to make alcoholic beverages. Despite the existence of species of the vitis genus (to which Vitis vinifera belongs) in Venezuela, Colombia, Central America and Mexico…

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