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Wine Sangria Recipe

Paul — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:02:02 +0000

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 (other fruit is optional)
2 Tbsp of sugar
1 Shot of brandy
2 Cups of ginger ale (club soda will work also)

Add the wine to a punch bowl or pitcher.

Now slice up your fruit and squeeze the juices into the wine.

After you squeeze out the juice, put the fruit slices into the wine also.

Add the rest of your ingredients, except for the ginger ale/club soda, and let the sangria mixture chill overnight.

Before serving, add the ginger ale/club soda.

If you don’t have time to chill it overnight, try to use a chilled bottle of wine.

Any other fruit will typically taste good in sangria. Try strawberries, melon, and etc.

Enjoy!

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What Grapes are Used in Wine

Paul — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:36:52 +0000

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:

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, California, Long Island, NY, and Washington.

Cabernet Sauvignon Grapes

Cabernet Sauvignon wines are made from these grapes and have a cedar and blackberry taste. These grapes are mostly grown in California and Australia.

Chardonnay Grapes

Chardonnay Grapes are grown in California, Australia, and South Africa. These grapes help give Chardonnay wine a taste of peach, melon, and an oaky flavor. These grapes are very easy to grow and bud early.

Pinot Noir Grapes

These grapes can be a lot more sensitive to the growing conditions but ripen fairly early. Pinot Noir wine grapes are grown in California, Oregon, Australia, Italy and Germany.

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When Was Wine Invented

Paul — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:40:00 +0000

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 in 1867. This wine bottle is on display at History Museum of the Pfalz.

Wine has also been found in ancient pottery jars thousands of years B.C. So wine has been around for a very long time.

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How Wine is Made

Paul — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:55:37 +0000

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 to be crushed.

Red wines are crushed with the skins and seeds, while white wines are not.

After crushing the grapes, it is all put into a stainless steel fermenting tank.

Now the fermentation process begins. Typically, cultured yeast is added to the grape juice. The yeast begins to digest the sugars in the grape juice and fermentation begins. This process leaves you with carbon dioxide and alcohol.

The wine is moved to an oak barrel for aging. Throughout the aging process the wine is moved from one barrel to another quite often.

The wine will sit in the barrels for months and then will be moved to a bottle where it will continue to age for awhile before being shipping to the stores.

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