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The Greeks may have even been involved in the first appearance of wine in ancient Egypt. [66] They introduced the V. vinifera vine to [67] and made wine in their numerous colonies in modern-day Italy, [68] Sicily, [69] southern France, [70] and Spain. [67]
Brazil is the third-largest producer of wine in Latin America, behind Argentina and Chile; production in 2018 was 3.1 million hectolitres (82,000,000 US gal), slightly more than New Zealand. In 2019, Brazil was the 15th largest wine producer in the world.
Wine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented fruit. Yeast consumes the sugar in the fruit and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Wine is most often made from grapes, and the term "wine" generally refers to grape wine when used without any qualification.
The Roman belief that wine was a daily necessity made the drink "democratic" and ubiquitous: wine was available to slaves, peasants, women and aristocrats alike. To ensure the steady supply of wine to Roman soldiers and colonists, viticulture and wine production spread to every part of the empire. The Romans diluted their wine before drinking.
The world’s oldest wine has been discovered ... The Spanish urn has been sealed in the tomb since around the first century. ... and it made headlines last year when the team announced that a ...
Muscadet (UK: / ˈ m ʌ s k ə d eɪ, ˈ m ʊ s k-/ MU(U)SK-ə-day, US: / ˌ m ʌ s k ə ˈ d eɪ, ˌ m ʊ s k-/ MU(U)SK-ə-DAY, French: ⓘ) is a French white wine. It is made at the western end of the Loire Valley, near the city of Nantes in the Pays de la Loire region. It is made from the Melon de Bourgogne grape, often referred to simply as ...
The New World imported wine from the early days of European colonisation, particularly for religious purposes. Perhaps the first significant example of the trade going the other way was Constantia from South Africa, which by the 18th century had become a firm favourite among European royalty. [9] [10]
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