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Tomato and cherry flavors nestle comfortably together with notes of leather and clay in Sangiovese. The Romans named Sangiovese after the blood of Jupiter; that must have been some hangover. Serve dry Semillon with clams, mussels, or pasta salad. A toast to one's health originated in Greece – it meant "I'm not trying to kill you."

An inimitable flavor is found in barrels. Thunderbird is a screw-top classic.

In California, the main stylistic difference in Cabernet Sauvignon is between hillside / mountain vineyards and those on flatter terrain like valley floors. A grape in the glass is worth two on the vine. Egg whites are sometimes used in the clarification process. The principal acid in wine is tartaric acid. Oak imparts vanilla, toast, caramel and coffee. If a husband found his wife drinking wine in the early Roman times, he was at liberty to kill her. A wine has legs if it sticks to the inside of the glass when swirled.

Intense hatred of wine is called oenophobia. Young red wines may require several hours to aerate – if there's still any left. The world's oldest bottle of wine is over 1600 years old and can be found at a museum in Germany. So many organic compounds are in wine. Bouquet refers to wine's aroma.

Fruity flavors, with aromas of rose petals, peaches, and allspice. At sea, brutes have raided wine barrels. Pursing your lips and inhaling some air while the wine is still on your palate is also a nice way to spread the more complex flavors through your sinuses. The world's oldest person – at one hundred twenty-two – attributed her longevity to a diet of olive oil, port wine and chocolate. Red wine was associated with blood by the ancient Egyptians. Though you'll commonly hear grapes referred to as "fruit," botanists technically classify grapes as berries since each fruit forms from a single flower.

Wine grapes grow almost exclusively between 30 and 50 degrees latitude north and south of the equator.