Wine Basic 葡萄酒的基本
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葡萄酒是什么？What is Wine?
用作酿酒的葡萄种类 Wine Grapes
年份 Vintage
单品种葡萄酒 Single - Varietal Wine
酒瓶的故事 Wine Bottle Facts
品酒 Drinking Facts
葡萄酒是如何标记的 Examples of How wine is Labeled
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What is Wine? 葡萄酒是什么？ Wine is an alcoholic beverage made with fermented grapes. Technically, wine can be made with any fruit, but most wines are made with wine grapes  酿酒葡萄 Wine grapes
Wine grapes are different than table grapes. They are much smaller. They have seed, and they are also sweeter then table grapes.  Vintage 年份 Vintage refers to the year when the grapes were harvested. Non-vintage (NV) wines are a blend of several harvests Single - Varietal Wine 单品种葡萄酒 Wine “varietals” simply means wine made from a specific wine grapes. Varietal wines in the Spain are often named after the dominant grapes used in making the wine.  Wine Bottle Facts 酒瓶的尺寸 Standard bottles size have 11 标准瓶大小11  Drinking Facts 喝酒的事实 - STANDARD BOTTLE SIZE 标准瓶的大小 A standard 750ml bottle contains 5 servings of wine - STANDARD WINE POUR 倒一杯标准的葡萄酒 A standard pour is 5 oz (150ml) and contains an average of 150 calories and 0-2 grams of carbs - HEALTHY DRINKING 健康的饮酒 The National Cancer Institute recommends that women have no more than 1 drink per day and men have no more than 2。 美国国家癌症研究所建议女性每天不超过1杯,男性每天不超过2杯 - A GLASS A DAY 一杯一天 If you drink a glass of wine every night of your adult life, you will drink over 4000 bottles of wine
Wine labels have a lot of information on them. Some of it is critical to understanding what is in the bottle, and some of it is just blowing smoke. Here’s a quick guide to help you know what matters, how to spot a bargain, and what to ignore. 葡萄酒标签有很多信息。有些是鉴别一瓶酒好坏的关键,有些只是装饰。这里有一个快速指南,以帮助您了解葡萄酒,如何鉴定一瓶好酒。
葡萄酒标签可能并不能完全告诉你酒的味道,但可以帮助你会更好的了解你买到的是什么。Understanding a wine label may not always tell you how the wine tastes but it can help you get a better picture of exactly what you are buying. Producer or Name The producer name is either obvious or in small text at the top or the bottom of the label (such as many French wine label examples). This is who made the wine. It’s important to note that some American wine labels that only have a Wine Name (such as Apothic Red) are branded wines from larger wine companies. Apothic Red is a branded wine by E&J Gallo–the producer. Other Information on a Wine Label Estate Bottled Wine Estate Bottled means the wine was grown, produced and bottled on the wine estate. There are negotiant wine producers, such as Georges Deobueof, who purchase both grapes or wine from many locations and bottle them together. These kinds of wines tend to be lower quality (again, a generalization). Estate bottled wines must be grown and produced on the estate where they are from. Here is the term “Estate Bottled” from various countries such as Italy, Germany, France, Spain: Reserve The indication of Reserve sounds fancy but it doesn’t actually mean anything official. There are no rules to what a reserve wine is and thus this word on a bottle could mean nothing at all. Many small producers use it to indicate their top-tier wines that use the winemaker’s highest quality production wines from the best barrels. Take this indicator with a grain of salt if the wine you’d like to buy seems too good to be true. Old Vines or Vielles Vins The use of grapes from older vines typically lends to more concentrated flavors in a wine. However, there are no rules to say how old the old vine must be to get an “Old Vine” designation. Producers use it to help indicate the style of wine they produce. Vines can range from 15 to 115 years that get the tag ‘Old Vines’ on the label. Some wines that are designated “Old Vines” have a blend of young vine grapes and old vine grapes together. Contains Sulfites The words “Contains Sulfites” is a label requirement put on all officially imported or domestic wines in the United States. Most grapes actually contain sulfites on them naturally from the vineyard and there is a rather loaded debate on whether or not sulfites matter in wine. I like to use this analogy: If you are not sensitive to dried mangos or apricots which have somewhere around 1000-4000 ppm (parts per million) sulfites versus only 300-400 ppm sulfites in a high-sulfite wine, you’ll be fine. Sources |
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Tempranillo, Monastrell, Riesling, Pinot Noir, and Syrah are examples of grape varieties. When a wine bottle shows a varietal designation on the label (like Merlot) it means that the wine in the bottle 100% that grape variety (at 100% 
