Secundo Classis

Second class in Latin, first used in Hungary around 1700 to indicate a Tokay vineyard considered second best and hence a Tokay Aszú wine that was second in quality compared to wines made from grapes grown in PRIMAE CLASSIS vineyards but still well above most other vineyards.

All white wine comes from white (actually yellowish) grapes.

Answer: False.

No matter if the skins of grapes are red or white, the pulp—the juice and material inside each grape—is almost always white. That means that if red grapes are pressed quickly and the skins are immediately removed from the juice, you can make white wine out of red grapes. The most common example of this is sparkling wine and Champagne where the red grape pinot noir is used to make Champagne, which is generally white.

Shatter

A phenomenon that can occur in the spring whereby individual grape berries become separated from the stem and fall to the ground. Shatter may be caused by cool, wet weather which tends to prevent the… Continue reading

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