A few interesting facts about wine

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1. The biggest barrel for wine - the famous Heidelberg Tun. It is made of high quality oak-known German master M.Vernerom for aging wine, which was delivered to the court high-ranking nobles. Its capacity - 212 422 liters.

2. The biggest bottle of wine in the world has a height of 1, 8 meters and a weight of 585 kg. It filled five Australian wine from wine grape variety Shiraz. The product is called "Five Virtues". A large bottle of Cork from the stump of a tree, estimated at 3, 5 thousand dollars. If you fill out this bottle of wine from a conventional container, you will need 387 bottles of wine.

3. The miraculous properties of wine have shown numerous examples of healing, here are some of them. During the plague in Austria's disease did not affect people who use local wines, famous for its antibacterial properties. And in the XIX century wine recognized as the best means to combat cholera. In 1840, there were 164 names of medicinal wines.

4. Wine in the Bible is mentioned 450 times. St. Paul in one of his letters to Timothy counseled to improve their health wine.

5. Chinese archeologists have found a vessel with rice wine two thousand years ago. In the west of the country, in the city of Xi'an, the scientists unearthed a bronze jug in the shape of a phoenix head, inside of which were five liters of intoxicating drink. According to archaeologists, the wine, which dates back to the period of production of the Han Dynasty, which ruled China between 206 BC and 24 AD, perfectly preserved. In addition, it is the large number of spirits, made more than two thousand years ago and has come down to our days. Tens of centuries ago as a raw material for the production of wine is often used in rice and cereals. Now, two thousand years of aging the wine is stored in a glass container, and waits for further study. Archeological finds very important for the history of technology and will allow to find answers to many questions related to the development of wine-making in China. Previously, scientists have found vessels with wine, dating from the same period in the province of Hebei, but the drink is less strength and low purity. By the way, the jug height 78 cm, which turned out to be wine, historians have classified as "the largest of the currently known vessels made in the period of the Han Dynasty" According names of wines you can explore the geography of the whole of Europe. French province of Champagne gave its name to the famous sparkling wines, and small towns of Cognac and Cahors - the same brand of wine, Malaga and Jerez - Spain, Port wine named after the Portuguese city of Porto, Madeira wine varieties derived from the name of the island of Madeira.

6. The word "wine" comes from the Sanskrit word "Vienna", which means "to loveĀ».

7. Red wine helps to strengthen the body, reduces the harmful effects of smoking, prevents atherosclerosis, has antithrombotic effect, and it is not the end of the long list of beneficial properties of red wine.

8. French winemakers have created a new variety of white wine, which has all the properties of red. It is made from a special grape variety and the level of polyphenols in it increased to four times that primarily characteristic red wines. When it has been used for the production of well-known technology, but with a few innovations that are kept secret. Pierre-Louis Teyseder, author of the new wine, argues that it was created specifically for diabetics, but is also useful for people with weak hearts, because it allows to maintain the pressure at a normal level and contributes to a stable circulation. Experts believe that the daily use thereof, or two glasses of wine reduces the level of antioxidants in several times. At the same time they remind us that wine should not be abused, and eat more vegetables and fruits.

9. In ancient Greece, wine is always mixed with seawater. Special receptacles for this, called a crater.

10. Typically, the fish is served white wine and meat - red. Tuna - the only fish, which is served red wine.

11. Trokenbeerenauslese German wine is made from a rare grape variety that qualified vintner could spend a whole day to collect 1 bottle of the grape of the wine.

12. boiled water cooled champagne faster than crude.

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