Une brève histoire du vin et comment il est élaboré

A Brief History of Wine and How It’s Made

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You can find the winds from the Atlantic in the west, Mediterranean heat in the south, and the coolness of the mountains __________
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France has also many styles — white, red, rosé and sparkling — and many grape varieties (types of grapes), __________ to local varieties.
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________ is also become a sign of status.
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Later, __________ and the control of the temperature reduced the wines that go bad.
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__________ is a great example: the place shapes the wine.
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For red wines, fermentation involves _____ the skins.
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It has a taste ________ sometimes rough, sometimes acidic, often not yet balanced.
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The winemakers adapt the method to the grapes __________ in front of them.
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You can smell some fruit, a smell of yeast (like bread), and sometimes a smell sharp and “fresh” __________
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with time and attention, this “ordinary” fruit becomes something that we keep for birthdays, dinners, long conversations — _______ a normal evening.
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It is gone beyond __________ and the hills.
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They look ordinary — _____ something that you could nibble and forget.
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__________ later, it has bubbled.
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Fear was going __________ the solutions.
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Often, people diluted it with water, _____ people talked about taste, about manners and about status.
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