| Wine, a hugely popular premium alcoholic drink, | | | | agents. |
| finds its nomenclature from the Proto-Germanic | | | | Classification of wine is mostly done on the basis |
| "winam" and the Latin word "vine", meaning | | | | of grapes used to prepare the wine. Vintage wine |
| grapes. As the name suggests, Wine is an | | | | is the one made from grapes that were all or |
| alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation | | | | mostly grown in a single specified year. Vintage |
| of grape juice. Crushed grapes are fermented | | | | wines are generally bottled in a single batch so |
| using various types of yeast. This yeast converts | | | | that each bottle will have a similar taste. |
| the sugar content in the grapes into alcohol. The | | | | Non-vintage wines can be blended from more |
| varieties of wines are a result of the variety of | | | | than one vintage for consistency. This process, |
| grapes and strains of yeast used to produce it. | | | | which allows wine makers to differentiate their |
| Wines, like apple wine and elderberry wine, are | | | | products from one another, helps them keep a |
| prepared from Apples and Berries respectively, | | | | loyal group of consumers attached to them. |
| and are generally known as country wine. There | | | | Red, white and sparkling wines are known as light |
| are instances when wine(s) has also been made | | | | wines and alcohol-content in them vary from |
| from barley, rice and other starch based edibles | | | | 10-14%. Mostly wines are sold in glass bottles |
| rather than sugar base. But these in taste and | | | | sealed with corks. Apart from being a popular |
| nature resemble more with beer than wine. The | | | | beverage, chefs find wine an amusing flavoring |
| alcohol content in these wines is also larger than | | | | agent for various dishes. |
| normal grape wine. | | | | France, Italy and Spain stand to be the top three |
| The origin of Wine is dated back to 4500 BC | | | | wine-producing countries in the world. Iran used to |
| from various archaeological sites in Greece and | | | | have a thriving Wine Industry. But after Islamic |
| Iran. While, on one hand, Wine was a banned item | | | | Revolution, the same vanished due to the banning |
| in nearly all Islamic countries during the Islamic | | | | of Wine under Islamic law with Qur'an even going |
| Golden Age, Roman Catholic Church in medieval | | | | to the extent of declaring "There is a devil in |
| period promoted consumption of wine as a sign | | | | every berry of the grape." |
| of civility and conversion to Christianity. | | | | Wine finds its way mostly in all Christian and |
| Many of the wine promoters would like to | | | | Jewish functions owing to its religious use; the |
| advocate for the drink by separating alcohol and | | | | drink continues to amuse people around the world |
| wine. While the side effects of Alcohol(s) runs | | | | in every occasion of life. As Thomas Aquinas |
| down to a long list, Wine has been promoted in | | | | rightly said, "Sorrow can be alleviated by good |
| various parts of the world as beneficial to health. | | | | sleep, a bath and a glass of wine." |
| Red Wines from France and Italy are known to | | | | Author is associated with and provides a |
| contain procyanidins, a compound found in grape | | | | information for those, willing to wine tasting. He is |
| seeds, that is beneficial to heart. Both Red and | | | | spreading knowledge about Red & white wines |
| White wines reportedly contain anti-bacterial | | | | and organizes wine tasting. |