Old World Wines- France
Wine Laws of France
First established in early 1900s – modified a number of times.Appellation Controllé (controlled naming) laws – the name of a wine...
Liqueurs, Broad Categories of Liqueurs)
LIQUEUR
DEFINITION
An alcoholic beverage produced by combining spirits with fruits, herbs and other flavouring elements and containing more than 2.5% by weight of sugar.
ORIGIN
Latin word- LIQUIFACERE-...
Old World Wines- Italy
Italian wine is one of the most difficult regions to get to know. At the moment, there are about 350 official Italian wine varieties.
Italy...
Food Wine Combination
The Food and Wine combinations that most of us grew up with were the “Red wine with beef” and “White wine with fish or...
Aperitif
APERITIF
INTRODUCTION – The word aperitifs originated from the Latin word “Aperitivers” which means to open up. In our context, it is to open up...
Old World Wines- Germany
Amongst all the architecture, the history, the art and its literature, Germany holds a great winemaking production. This fascinating country has history with some...
Manufacturing of Wines
Manufacturing Process of Wines
Fermentation
Grapes crushed → must + yeastFermentation begins → alcohol + carbon dioxide10% to 12% alcohol is standard – in case of...
Scales for Measuring Alcohol Strength
Scales for Measuring Alcohol Strength
There are three scales of measuring proof namely:
Gay Lussac or GL system: In this system, the proof is equal to...
Classification of Wines
Classification of Wines or Types of wines
Still Wines
This is the largest category in the Classification of Wines. The alcoholic strength may be between 9%...
New World Wines- Australia
Wine Regions
Australia’s viticulture began with the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788. Since then, wine making has expanded with more than 100 different...