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Wine Philosophy
Australia in The Wine World Lecture 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When was wine first made? | At least 7-8000 years ago |
| What do you need to make wine? | Grapes A vessel that will hold liquid that can be sealed and kept cool |
| The Kvevri | Vessel originating from caucasus - Modern day Georgia When the wine is finished fermenting, the Kvevri vessel is capped with stones and clay and sealed for several years |
| The Bloom | Waxy adhesive substance coating the outside of the grape Contains microflora in the yeast family |
| Fermentation | Sugars + Yeasts = CO2 + Heat and Alcohol Specifically alcoholic fermentation to produce ethanol |
| Saccaromyces Cervisiae | Wine yeast |
| Can humans metabolise ethanol? | Yes |
| What must a wine containing additives be called? (eg other fruits, spices etc) | Flavoured wine |
| To be called 'Wine" a wine must be made of... | 100% grape juice |
| Ancient greeks were the first to... | Cultivate the grapevine |
| Wine became part of day to day life as well as... | Culture and religion |
| Ethanol in the wine acts as a... | Preservative; it gets better with age if it is sealed |
| Wine as a medicine | Considered safer to drink the water that was in wine, rather than the water on its own (when water quality was poor) |
| What are some identifiable qualities in wine? | The vintage, and what vineyards/climate it was grown in |
| Wine differentiation from beer | There is an extreme variation in the price of wines compared to beer, which is often sold at more relative prices |