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Una breve storia del vino e come si produce

(A Brief History of Wine and How It’s Made)

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At the Cape, in South Africa, the vines they were planted in 1655 under Dutch guidance, and the documents they record the first wine of the Cape pressed on 2 February 1659.
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A wine producer he/she does not create the wine like a machine.
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the wine it can rest in steel (fresh, clean, focused on the fruit), in concrete (stable temperature, soft texture) or in oak (wood / barrel): it adds spices, toasted notes and structure.
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If you pick late, it can turn out heavy and tired.
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The yeast it eats the sugar and it produces again alcohol and carbon dioxide—but this time the space it is closed.
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The vineyards they stayed where the climate it allowed reliable harvests.
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the people understood it long before science gave a name to all this.
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the producers they can combine free-run wine and press wine, or keep them separate and decide later.
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The harvest—and especially when to harvest—it is one of the decisions more important of the year.
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The country it goes from the Alpine mountains to the sunny islands.
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The wine it served for communion, but it served also in everyday life.
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another ancient place shows wine production as a complete process, not as a simple case.
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In simple words:
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Today the wineries they measure sugar, acidity and temperature with special tools.
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Usually it is fresh and with high acidity, because sparkling wine it needs momentum and energy.
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When the cities they grew, the wine it began to travel.
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After a few days it made bubbles.
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For the red wine, the next step it is the separation.
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The pressing it separates the juice from skins and seeds—and this choice it changes bitterness, feeling in the mouth and aroma.
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The bubbles they change also the feeling in the mouth: it seems lighter, sharper and more lively on the tongue.
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the ancient wine it also needed of a basic skill: to keep.
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Just grapes on the vine, with nothing dramatic.
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If the cap it dries, it can create problems and make it lose color and aroma.
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That gas it can make bubbles or foam on the surface, like a quiet boil.
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you can find cooler vineyards near the Alps, sea winds along the coast and volcanic soils in the south.
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