Süssreserve

Grape juice that has been held back from the harvest and unfermented so that it has all of its natural sweetness. In Germany, small amounts of süssreserve may be added to some high ACID wines in order to BALANCE them.

In the U.S., 60% of all book and music purchases are now made online. These days, 55% of all clothing sales happen via the internet. Some 34% of beauty product buys are made online, and even 18% of all packaged grocery food is now sold digitally. What percentage of alcoholic beverages is bought online?

A. 34%

B. 12%

C. 8%

D. 15%

According to the Nielsen Company, 8% of all wine and alcoholic beverages are bought online, an amount that industry observers expect to increase, although online sales of alcoholic beverages lag far behind other consumer products. Even the percentage of pet food sold online is considerably greater (20% of that is now bought online). Convoluted U.S. laws governing the sale and shipment of wine and alcoholic beverages are, of course, partly to blame.

150

Number of millions of trees that died during California’s recent mega drought, according to the journal Nature Geosciences. The drought began in 2011 and officially ended this year. Lack of rain, extreme heat, and overcrowding… Continue reading

Get WineSpeed