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Una breve storia del vino

A Brief History of Wine

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Giancarlo Giancarlo 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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Most of red wines it ferments with the skins, __________ it takes colour and tannin.
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Finally, the wine it gets ready __________
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This means that people did not drink only grape juice—it _________ on purpose.
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For this reason the producers they keep it wet: they push it down __________ juice over.
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________ it showed hospitality and, sometimes, religion.
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The producers __________ or they push it down to keep it wet, to extract better and to protect the fermentation.
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When you pour a sparkling wine, the bubbles _________ and they bring the aromas up.
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It is __________
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It is like a song new: the notes there are, but it is not yet completely _______
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Because the people they valued it, they built __________ presses and cellars.
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That gas it can make bubbles _______ on the surface, like a quiet boil.
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First you make a base wine—just like __________
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the sun it is low, the light it becomes _______ and the vines they seem almost endless.
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If instead it is too _____ fermentation can become slow—or even stop.
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So the people _________ jars of clay and they sealed the openings to protect the liquid from the air and from going bad.
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he linked __________ to the problems and he pushed for cleaner practices.
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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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In ancient times someone crushed the grapes, kept _________ and waited.
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__________
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Because it traveled well, it connected _________ to the cities.
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The right moment it changes __________
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For this reason __________ it can smell a lot.
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But inside there is something that _________ sugar, acidity, water and scent.
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You can _____ of fruit, of yeast (almost like bread) and, sometimes, a smell sharp and “fresh” in the air.
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The monasteries often they kept notes on vines, ______ and cellar routines.
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