Top 15 Facts About Wines You Don't Know

Wine facts:-
1. The oldest winery is dated to 4100 BCE.
2. The Phoenicians introduced the drink to the ancient Greeks in 10th century BCE, who in turn inspired the Romans to grow grapes across their empire.
3. Red wines with lower alcohol (preferably below 13% ABV) are better than high alcohol wines.
4. Nearly all red wines are made from one species of grape.
5. Believe it or not, there are some people have a fear of vine. It's called "oenophobia".
6. Bottles that have animals on the label are known as "Critter Wines".
7. The colour of a wine is determined by the contact that the grape juice has with grapes skin.
8. Red wine can only be made from blue or purple-skinned grapes. White wine can also come from these darker grapes, but only if the juice is separated from the skins.
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9. In ancient Greek it was forbidden for women to drink wine. Husband had right to kill her if he found her wife doing so.
10. Fortified wines (like sherry and port) are made by addining extra fortified alcohol at different stages of the production process.

11. One bottle of wine contains 1.27 kg of grapes nearly 600 in numbers.
12.  Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or ‘brewer’s yeast’ is used for fermentation process of wines.
13. Wines from western Europe and the Middle East are known as ‘Old World’, while others are called ‘New World'.
14. Sri Lankans like to drink warm wine as they think it tastes better.
15. Champagne bottles are made of thick glass so that it can resist the pressure created by carbonation.

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