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Simply put, wine tasting is an art. As with most other
arts, the basics are easy to learn, and, again like most other
arts, catching on to the particulars of tasting wine lends much
to the pleasure derived from it. Ideally, a wine should have perfect
balance, meaning that the fruit, acid, and wood flavors are all in
proportion. Before tasting, it is strongly recommended that one avoid
any strong food such as anchovies, vinegar, hot peppers, and highly....
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Wine's origins are largely a mystery. No one really knows
when wines were first made, and it is speculated that the creation
of the first wines were almost certainly an accident. It is likely
that wine was born sometime in prehistory: man's ancestors found
grapes growing on wild vines, squashed them to make juice, and, when
they tried to keep this juice for a day or two in their simple clay
pots, the wild yeasts worked their magic.
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Only a few of grape varieties are suited to produce fine quality
wines. Even when grown in different appellations and vinified using
different techniques, each variety of grapes displays certain qualities
inherent in the grape's personality: color, size, skin thickness,
acidity, yield per vine and flavors. Each type of grapes must be
matched with the adapted microclimate, soil and winemaking techniques
in order to bring its full potential
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