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Una breve storia del vino

A Brief History of Wine

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Andy Andy Standard
Andy

Andy

Italian mature, expressive speaker with warm tones and shades

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Violetta

Violetta

A warm, clear, and engaging voice with a smooth, natural tone

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Giancarlo

Giancarlo

Italian middle aged, warm voice

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Manuela

Manuela

Warm, clear and versatile Italian voice

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__________ they go down.
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New climates they were asking for new habits, but the recipe _____ it stayed the same: grapes, yeast, containers and time
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_____ red grape often it gives a clear juice at firstā€”because the colour it is in the skins.
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At Areni, in Armenia, a winery in a cave goes back ________ 4100ā€“4000 BC.
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They look for signs that the fermentation it is well: bubbles _______ aromas clean and a drop gradual of the sugar.
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if it is dirty __________ other microbes they can bring sour flavours, strange or rotten.
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__________ they failed.
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It is many local identities __________
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the young wine ______ soften after the main fermentation.
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The gas it cannot go out, so __________ in the wine.
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Because the people they valued it, they built __________ presses and cellars.
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The lasting solution it arrived with grafting onto rootstocks resistantā€”a practice still used __________ today.
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But the planting it began a long story: failures, study, adaptation and, in the end, pride __________
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_____ early evening.
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Bottling it is like closing a door: it seals the wine, so it can travel, rest and be ______ laterā€”at the table, with people.
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