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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

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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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In France, the phylloxera it was ________ in 1863 and it spread quickly.
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_____ you make a base wine—just like a normal still wine.
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it eats the sugar __________ into alcohol and gas.
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Then _________ they are pressed, and it comes out the press wine.
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__________ it is not only taste.
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you walk slowly in a vineyard, and the air __________ cooler.
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But the planting it began a long story: failures, ______ adaptation and, in the end, pride of the place.
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Many wines white ferment cooler to keep ______ of fruit more lively.
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That surprise became ________ then a job, then a tradition.
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For the red wine, __________ it is the separation.
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________ it is like closing a door: it seals the wine, so it can travel, rest and be opened later—at the table, with people.
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the sugar it increases, __________ it goes down, and the flavors they develop slowly.
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________ it showed hospitality and, sometimes, religion.
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Some they were buried: so the temperature it stayed _____ stable—important for a fermentation more regular and fewer problems.
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In ancient times someone crushed the grapes, kept _________ and waited.
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