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The origins of wine

These are some significant events and dates in the history of wine. In ancient times, the grape was macerated and, due to the weather conditions, a sweet must was obtained

The Cepa variety

There are two thousand selections of recongnized usable grape varieties. The Cepa, a type of grape, marks the primary caracteristics that are named in wine varieties, caractaristics of taste and aroma.

What is wine in Argentina?

In Argentina, wine is the result of the alcoholic fermentation of grape juice. The grape juice is inoculated with a specialized wine maker's yeast culture which causes the juice to ferment.

Varietal or generic wines?

Wines produced from a single variety of grape are known as varietal wines. A wine bottle labeled with the name of a particular grape may contain a high percentage of that grape or it may be made up exclusively of that grape

Winification

Is the process that turns the grape must into wine. During that process not only does the sugar become alcohol, but some byproducts are generated, like the acetic acid and secondary alcohols, among others.

Rose Wines

The classic rose wines come from red grapes, which are macerated to bestow the rose tint.

Oak for wine maduration

Oak is the name given to the more than 250 species of the genus Quercus

Wine decantation and how to observe a wine

To decant wine use large glass or crystal bottles called decanters. The objective of decantation is to seperate sediments found in specific guard wines or unfiltered wines. If you only wish to oxygenate a wine (with no sediments) this procedure is called pour off.

The work of man and wine

It is essential that the work of man accentuate and direct what soil, climate and grape varieties offer. By means of viticulture -the management of vines- treatments given

Wine and the aging process

The aging process can last about two years at the most, in little barrels of this wood (barriques) and it is expected to become refined and evolved from small amounts of sterile oxygen that enter the wine through pores in the oak

Sparkling Wine

Champagne, cava, spumante, are the names that identify the sparkling wines of different European countries. The most famous of them all is Champagne, which originates from the northeast region of France.

The history of wine in Argentina

The cultivation of vine in America began with the arrival of the Spanish and much later the Portuguese

Wood in wine

Cask - three different capacities 225 - of Bordeaux, 228 - Bourguignon and 300lts

La Cava 

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