Wine is an alcoholic beverage made from grapes. The process involves the alcoholic fermentation of the juice or must through the metabolic action of yeasts.
The cultivation of the vine occupies about 0.5% of the arable land around the world. Of the total grapes harvested, 66% is used for wine production, while the rest is consumed as fruit.
WINE PROFESSIONALS
The science of wine production - a term derived from the Latin vinum - is known as enology. Its experts are enologists, who are dedicated to ensuring that the wine reaches optimal conditions of flavor, color, aroma, etc.
However, there are many other professions that are related to the world of wine. Thus, we would have to talk, for example, about the cooper, who is in charge of creating the barrels where the aging process of the aforementioned drink takes place, or the sommelier. This is the professional who works in restaurants and whose job is to recommend the best wines to customers.
ELABORATION PROCESS
Historians believe that winemaking began to develop in the Neolithic, according to the archaeological remains found in the Zagros Mountains. Little by little, wine consumption expanded towards the West. Almost from its origins, wine enjoyed high social consideration, being the chosen drink for banquets and important events.
Pressing, fermentation, maturation and bottling are the four fundamental phases that shape what is the process of elaboration and production of any wine. This is a product that can be used in very diverse areas and with different functions.
WINE AND VINOTHERAPY
For example, we know that it is used in the field of gastronomy to prepare exquisite dishes or simply as a drink, and in the area of medicine as a traditional remedy to alleviate pain or as a treatment against stress using the technique known as vinotherapy.
The aforementioned vinotherapy was born in France, which is based on exfoliation of the skin to eliminate dead cells, as well as a massage and a wrap where wine becomes the main tool to achieve relaxation in the person who undergoes it.
PRODUCT CLASSIFICATION
There is a wide variety of wines, without there being an official classification. The attributes that allow wine to be classified are very varied, and include its origin, its color, its residual sugar content and other factors.
The most common classification is perhaps that linked to color. In this sense, we can talk about red wine, white wine or rosé wine. Fortified wine is also known as a drink to which brandy is added before or during fermentation. Port, Marsala and Sherry are examples of fortified wines.
It should be noted that wine has become a world so full of traditions with its own culture that the cinema has not been able to resist entering it. Thus, we find films that deal with the preparation of this drink, such as "A Walk in the Clouds" or "A Good Year."