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Geo of Wine
Vid lecture quiz – 3 Grape #1
Specific climate – microclimate of grape
Weather
Rain, humidity, sunshine, elevation, etc.
Soil, underline bedrock – nutrient
How wine is planted, space, fertilization
How grapes were harvested
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Which grape VARIETY goes into wine bottles
How good grapes in particular YEAR
Wine is the fermented juice of ANY fruit. Mostly grapes
Fruit wines from other fruits – blackberry, raspberry, strawberry wines – typically more dessert wines
- Peach
- Perry wine – from pear
- Plum
- Apple wine = apple cider
o Hard cider = alcoholic one
Grapes
- Perfect bundle of sweetness
- Grape = fruit of a vine in the family Vitaceae, and the genus Vitis
- Constitutes ~50% of the world (vine)
- Islamic countries = big grape producers
Grape basic parts
- Skins = all color, tannins, yeast
- Grape seed = pips
- Pips, stems = tannin, oils, bitterness extreme
- Pulp = juice, sugar, acid, water, flavor, pectin
- Juice is CLEAR
- Colors come from skin and not juice