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Una breve storia del vino

A Brief History of Wine

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Manuela Manuela 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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The yeast it is a living fungus _______ small that you do not see it, but powerful enough to change a whole harvest.
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the wine it can rest in steel (fresh, clean, focused on the fruit), in concrete (stable temperature, __________ or in oak (wood / barrel): it adds spices, toasted notes and structure.
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Later, _________ they moved with empires, migrations and new settlements.
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Others they harvest __________ often at night when the air it is cooler.
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Sparkling wine it adds a trick extra: it traps _______ to make the bubbles.
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With time and care, that fruit “normal” it becomes something that people they keep for birthdays, dinners, long conversations—or even __________
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__________ it can soften after the main fermentation.
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__________ it began a long story: failures, study, adaptation and, in the end, pride of the place.
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Most of white wines it separates the skins immediately and it ferments _______ clearer, to have freshness.
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_______ the secret: the bubbles they are gas from fermentation trapped.
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we can follow the wine __________ in time.
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the hard acidity __________ softer.
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Later, __________ and temperature control they reduced the failures.
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This means _____ Italy it is not only “a wine style.”
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It produces also __________ but with a big effect.
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__________ they smell it and they measure it.
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At the Cape, in South Africa, _________ 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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In spring, the buds _________ and the shoots they grow quickly.
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The gas it cannot go out, _____ it dissolves in the wine.
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This calm beginning it is where it begins your story ________
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Then __________ the aging.
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__________ big pots of clay they are used still today.
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In red wine, the skins _________ and they form a “cap”.
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_______ find cooler vineyards near the Alps, sea winds along the coast and volcanic soils in the south.
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