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Una breve storia del vino

A Brief History of Wine

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Giancarlo

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______ bottiglie di vetro.
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the wine it can rest in steel (fresh, clean, focused on the fruit), in concrete (stable temperature, soft texture) or in oak (wood / barrel): it adds spices, toasted notes and structure.
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__________ they guide a natural change.
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the ancient wine it also needed of a basic skill: to keep.
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l’acidità dura diventa più morbida.
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This means that people did not drink only grape juice—it fermented on purpose.
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At the Cape, in South Africa, the vines they were planted in 1655 under Dutch guidance, and the documents they record the first wine __________ pressed on 2 February 1659.
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Un produttore di vino non “crea” il vino come una macchina.
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La scienza cambiò anche il vino—soprattutto la pulizia __________
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Il lievito usa lo zucchero __________ e produce alcol e anidride carbonica.
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Imbottigliare è come chiudere una porta: sigilla il vino, così può viaggiare, riposare ed essere aperto __________ con le persone.
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Il vino mostrava ospitalità e, a volte, religione.
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Negli anni 1860, Louis Pasteur studiò il deterioramento del vino e i problemi di fermentazione.
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The yeast it eats the sugar and it produces again alcohol and carbon dioxide—but this time the space it is closed.
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The skins they rise and they form a layer thick __________
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