History
The history of wine is rich and long, and contains many interesting facts about wine. For instance, the first corkscrew was invented in the mid-1800s. Thomas Jefferson was famous for his love of wines, especially Bordeaux, and a large portion of his annual budget was devoted to buying wine.
Some historical “facts” cannot be verified, such as the legend that states that the shape of the Champagne sparkling wine glass is often attributed to the shape of the breast of Marie Antoinette of France.
Numbers
Some of the most interesting facts about wine include numbers.
Did you know, for instance, that there are about 20 million acres of grapes planted worldwide? This number makes grapes the first international fruit crop. How about that grape vines are capable of producing grapes for a century?
How about this: one glass of wine takes about one grape cluster, or 75 grapes, to make. There are four such glasses to a bottle, ten bottles per vine, 400 vines per acre, each of which produces about 800 gallons of wine.
Science
People who make wine need to spend years studying the science of its creation, and they certainly learn several interesting facts along their journey.
Wine is very complex: so complex, even that it has more organic chemical compounds than blood serum. It has such high acidity and so much alcohol that pathogens cannot live in it, making it sterile.
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