Bogart Did Not Sleep Here

Casablanca… ah, yes. Humphrey Bogart steamily kissing Ingrid Bergman. Morocco in the 1940s. WAIT. Wrong Casablanca. The pastoral vineyard-filled valley of Casablanca in Chile has no relation to the iconic WWII movie of the same name. Chile’s Casablanca (the word means white house) is named after the Chilean town of Casablanca founded in 1753 under the original name Santa Barbara Queen of Casablanca (English version) in honor of Doña Barbara de Braganza, wife of Fermando VI, King of Spain.

In which city in the world is the most wine drunk?

A. Vatican City

B. Milan

C. Buenos Aires

D. Paris

Although it’s tempting to think that Vatican City might claim this honor, more wine is drunk in Paris than any other city in the world, according to INSEEC Business School in France. Collectively, Parisians drink nearly 700 million bottles of wine per year. That’s about 69 bottles per person over the age of 15 annually. Statistics also reveal that the average Parisian drinks a glass of wine 5 days a week. Wait; what happens on the other two?

Punching Down

A process, during the fermentation of red wine, that involves pushing down the cap of grape skins into the fermenting grape juice in order to extract color, aroma, flavor, and tannin from the skins. Despite… Continue reading

Bogart Did Not Sleep Here

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