Archive for the 'Making Wine' Category

Dec 11 2009

Wine Sangria Recipe

Published by Paul under Making Wine, Red Wine, Wine and Food

Sangria is a tasty drink and is surprising easy to make. You’ll need to gather a few ingredients including your favorite bottle of red wine. Some of your options are Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Rioja reds, or Zinfandel.
Aside from the bottle of wine, you will need the following:

1 Lemon cut into wedges
1 Orange cut into wedges [...]

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Dec 09 2009

What Grapes are Used in Wine

Published by Paul under Making Wine, Red Wine, White Wine

There are many different kinds of grapes that create the various types of wine. Here is a list of some of the more popular wine grapes and the wines they create.
Merlot Grapes:
The grapes used to make Merlot wine typically have flavors of honey, cherry, and often mint. These grapes are grown in France, Australia, Italy, [...]

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Dec 07 2009

When Was Wine Invented

Published by Paul under Making Wine, Wine and Food

Although it not clear when wine was first invented, many believe that wine was probably first made in the stone age. Juice and graph residue were left in a indentation in a rock and then consumed before turning sour.

Oldest Wine Bottle

This wine was found in a vineyard in Germany. Researchers believe it was from about 325 A.D. It wasn’t found [...]

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Nov 25 2009

How Wine is Made

Published by Paul under Making Wine

To make wine, you must let the grapes ripen until late August or September depending on the seasonal climate conditions. It is essential to taste the grapes, chew the seeds, and measure the sugar content to give winemakers an idea if the grapes are ready yet.
The grapes are then harvested and transported to the winery [...]

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