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Una breve storia del vino

A Brief History of Wine

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Andy

Andy

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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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The producers they choose the method _____ on the grape that they have in front of them.
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After fermentation, ________ it is still young.
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With time and care, that fruit “normal” it becomes something that people they keep for birthdays, ________ long conversations—or even for any evening.
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Bottling it is like closing _______ it seals the wine, so it can travel, rest and be opened later—at the table, with people.
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the standard measures they made trade easier: _________ to set prices, to tax, to be more fair.
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Fear it spread ______ than the solutions.
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If the fermentation it slows down or it stops, they can help __________
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you imagine to be __________ in Italy.
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The country it goes from the Alpine mountains __________
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__________ it was not only a container.
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A gentle pressing usually ________ flavours cleaner than a strong and fast pressing.
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First it comes out the free-run wine, _______ the wine that it flows naturally.
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This calm beginning __________ it begins your story of wine.
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The gas _________ go out, so it dissolves in the wine.
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The wine it became a product that it could move, _____ measured and sold—again and again.
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In the 1860s, Louis Pasteur he studied __________ of the wine and the problems of fermentation.
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They taste it, __________ and they measure it.
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It is __________
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_______ it is fresh and with high acidity, because sparkling wine it needs momentum and energy.
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When the cities they grew, ________ it began to travel.
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Some vineyards __________ by hand in small crates, to protect the grapes.
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__________ it is too cold, fermentation can become slow—or even stop.
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_________ changed.
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Modern wine it is not only ______
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The grape “Mission” it spread with the cuttings (pieces of vine), __________ they moved slowly from the missions to farms, towns and companies.
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