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75 grapes = 1
cluster |
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1 barrel = 60
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1 grape
cluster = 1 glass of wine |
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60 gallons =
25 cases |
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4 clusters = 1
bottle |
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30 vines = 1
barrel |
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40 clusters =
1 vine |
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400 vines = 1
acre |
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1 vine = 10
bottles |
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1 acre = 5
tons of grapes |
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1200 clusters
= 1 barrel |
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5 tons of
grapes = 322 cases of wine |
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Did you know that...?
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There are about 400 species of oak, though
only about 20 are used in making oak
barrels. |
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Of the
trees that are used, only 5% are suitable
for making quality wine barrels. The average
age of a French oak tree harvested for use
in wine barrels is 170 years!
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Foot
stomping of grapes (think: I Love Lucy) is
still used in producing a small quantity of
the best port wines. |
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In ancient
Babylon, the bride's father would supply his
son-in-law with all the mead (fermented
honey beverage) he could drink for a month
after the wedding. Because their calendar
was lunar or moon-based, this period of free
mead was called the "honey month," or what
we now call the "honeymoon."
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Thomas
Jefferson’s salary was $25,000 per year - a
princely sum, but the expenses were also
great. In 1801 Jefferson spent $6,500 for
provisions and groceries, $2,700 for
servants (some of whom were liveried), and
$3,000 for wine. |
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Thomas
Jefferson helped stock the wine cellars of
the first five U.S. presidents and was very
partial to fine Bordeaux and
Madeira.
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Cork was
developed as a bottle closure in the late
17th century. It was only after this that
bottles were lain down for aging, and the
bottle shapes slowly changed from short and
bulbous to tall and slender.
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Where is Fumé Blanc grown? |
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Sauvignon Blanc accounts for approximately 1% of the
world's vineyard acreage. Two-thirds of this
is found in Europe, and France is the largest
producer. |
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California |
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Mendocino County |
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Lake County |
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Napa County |
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Sonoma County |
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Dry Creek Valley |
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Russian River Valley |
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Alexander Valley |
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Alameda |
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Livermore Valley |
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Santa Cruz |
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Monterey |
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San Luis Obispo |
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Santa Barbara |
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Santa Inez Valley |
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Yolo County |
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Amador County |
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El Dorado County |
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Washington |
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Columbia Valley |
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Oregon |
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Idaho |
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Texas |
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New Mexico |
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New York |
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Long Island |
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Stellenbosch |
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Paarl |
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Constantia |
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Overberg |
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Elgin |
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Walker Bay |
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Syria |
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Bergenland |
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Loire Valley |
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Sancerre |
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Pouilly-Fumé |
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Menetou-Salon |
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Reuilly |
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Touraine |
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Bordeaux |
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Pessac-Léognan |
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Graves |
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Bordeaux-Haut Benauge |
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Entre-Deux-Mers |
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Bergerac |
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Sauternes |
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Barsac |
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Languedoc-Roussillon |
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Alto Adige |
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Terlano |
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Fruili Venezia Giulia |
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Collio |
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Isonzo |
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Colli Orientali del Fruili |
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Tuscany |
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Bolgheri |
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Emilia-Romagna |
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Colli Bolognesi |
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Veneto |
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Marches |
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Argentina |
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Mendoza |
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Chile |
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Casablanca Valley |
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Maule Valley |
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Curico Valley |
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Maipo Valley |
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South Island |
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Marlborough |
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Nelson |
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North Island |
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Hawke's Bay |
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Gisborne |
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Martinborough |
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Auckland |
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South Australia |
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McLaren Vale |
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Padthaway |
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Coonawatta |
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Western Australia |
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Margaret River |
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Lower Great Southern |
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Pemberton |
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Victoria |
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Pyrenees |
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Germany |
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Spain |
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Rueda |
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Slovakia |
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Vojvodina |
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Slovenia |
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Serbia |
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Bulgaria |
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Romania |
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Moldavia |
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Ukraine |
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Russia |
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Israel |
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China |
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How big can a wine bottle get? |
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Name |
Size |
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Equivalent to |
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Split |
187.5 ml |
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1/4 bottle |
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Half-Bottle |
375 ml |
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1/2 bottle |
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Bottle |
750 ml |
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1 bottle |
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Magnum |
1.5 liters |
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2 bottles |
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Jeroboam |
3.0 liters |
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4 bottles |
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Rehoboam |
4.5 liters |
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6 bottles |
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Methuselah |
6.0 liters |
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8 bottles |
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Salmanazar |
9.0 liters |
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12 bottles |
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Balthazar |
12.0 liters |
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16 bottles |
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Nebuchadnezzer |
15.0 liters |
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20 bottles |
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