Varieties of wine
To understand the fault, you first need to know how it happens and what's the difference. Of course, in the first place everything depends on the type of grapes, from which later wine will be made. White varieties are obtained from light varieties. The color of the drink can be from golden to yellowish green. If the wine is sustained for many years, its color becomes amber, and the taste acquires an additional strength. For the production of red wine, grape varieties are used. The older the wine, the color becomes darker.
After harvesting, the grapes undergo a special procedure to turn into a table, fortified, sparkling or flavored wine.
Table wines are dry and semidry (semisweet). If the grape sugar from which the drink is made, fermented completely, that is, it does not remain, such wine is called dry. It is characterized by an acidic taste and is resistant to storage. Semi-dry, or semisweet, called wine, which includes up to 8% of sugar. Due to the fact that the wine does not ferment completely, biochemical processes continue to occur in it, even after bottling in glass containers. In bottles, wine continues to ripen, semi-dry wines are not very resistant to storage. White wines produce a process of fermentation without skin, it is removed immediately after squeezing the juice. In red wines during fermentation, on the contrary, the peel is left.
Fortified wines are dessert and strong. Everything depends on the alcohol content in them. Dessert wines can have up to 17% alcohol in their composition, fortified up to 20%. It is added to the drink to slow the maturation process of the wine in the bottle. Therefore, wine acquires an additional fortress. Both dessert and fortified wine contain sugar, up to 20% and 13% respectively. If the amount of sugar rises to 30%, then this wine is called liqueur.
Champagne
The most popular sparkling wine, of course, is champagne. At us the majority of people wrongly so name any wine with blisters. In fact, the homeland of this drink is the French province of Champagne, and only there you can try real champagne. Scented wines are called different types of vermouth, which insisted on plants. The most famous vermouth is Martini.
Information from the label
To learn more about wine, you need to look at the label. There is a year of harvest, sugar and alcohol content. By the time of aging wine can be ordinary, vintage and collection. Ordinary wines are aged for about a year, vintage have aging for several years, and collection wines have been aged for many years, and the harvest was harvested in a favorable year. Abbreviation Alk. Indicates the alcohol content of the drink, and the next digit with the% sign indicates the amount of sugar. Also, it is not superfluous to notice that white wine is usually served to fish dishes, red comes to meat and game, and dessert to sweet treats. A good snack for wine is cheese. Wine is a very demanding drink. It is not often found in cocktails, it is not customary to add it to coffee or drink simultaneously with other types of alcohol.
Feed to the table
To be known as a connoisseur and be able to understand wine, you need to know at what temperature it should be served to the table. Red wine is served not chilled. White and pink before serving can be put for two or three hours in the refrigerator. Just do not forget the wine there for a long time or store it in the freezer. It can completely lose its flavor and flavor. It is customary to keep champagne in a special pail with ice, so that it lasts longer than chilled. Sometimes a little bit of ice is added to the wine. White wines are opened just before consumption, red uncorked for a couple of hours before serving to the table, so that it "breathes" a little.
The art of drinking
The truth is in wine, and it's important to know your dose. In small quantities, wine helps a person feel better, relax and become more sociable. In this case, you need to drink only quality good wine, in order to avoid bad feelings after the holiday.
Many countries are famous for their winemaking. The best wine producers are France and Italy, with their centuries-old traditions and scrupulousness in the manufacture of the drink. However, buying the most expensive elite wine is not in itself a guarantor, that this wine will please you. Here, as in any other gastronomic business, we need some experience. It is worth to experiment with the wines, try different varieties and from different manufacturers. In this way, you can determine the fault of which country or specific locality, which variety tastes better than others. Then you can get more pleasure and benefit from wine.