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Box wines utilize plastic bags instead of traditional glass bottles, significantly reducing production and shipping costs, which makes them a more affordable option for consumers. Typical bag-in-box containers hold one and a half to four 750 ml bottles of wine per box, though they come in a wide variety of volumes. [ 16 ]
A bota bag is a traditional Spanish liquid receptacle, used mainly as a wineskin. It is often made out of leather (when made of goatskin it is simply known as a goatskin), and is typically used to carry wine , although any liquid can be filled into it.
DNA evidence has shown Cabernet Sauvignon is the result of crossing two other Bordeaux grape varieties— Cabernet franc and Sauvignon blanc— which has led grapevine historians, or ampelographers, to believe that the grape originated in Bordeaux. Early records indicate that the grape was widespread in the Médoc region during the 18th century.
The tables below include tabular lists for selected basic foods, compiled from United States Dept. of Agriculture sources.Included for each food is its weight in grams, its calories, and (also in grams,) the amount of protein, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, fat, and saturated fat. [1]
In 1983, for the first time, the company put a vintage date on one of its wines, the 1978 Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon. [15] During the 1980s and 1990s, E & J Gallo bought wine labels from Europe and Australia. [5] By 1993, E & J Gallo was the country's largest winery, with a 25% share of the American wine market. [7]
Cabernet Franc, a parent of Cabernet Sauvignon and most often blended with it, but also used for varietals; Cabernet Gros, a parent of Carménère; Cabernet blanc, a German/Swiss hybrid of Cabernet Sauvignon and another unknown grape variety; Cabernet Dorsa, a 1971 hybrid of Cabernet Sauvignon and Dornfelder, created in Germany
The relative absence of many international varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, [1] Chardonnay [2] and Semillon [3] is another characteristic of this country's wine industry, although in recent decades many of these varieties have been brought into wider use as the lists below reveal.
Wine is usually made from one or more varieties of the European species Vitis vinifera, [65] such as Pinot noir, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Gamay and Merlot. When one of these varieties is used as the predominant grape (usually defined by law as a minimum of 75% to 85%), the result is a " varietal " as opposed to a "blended" wine.