Wine
:This article is about the beverage. See Wine (software) for an article about the software of the same name.
List of other wine-related data
Wine-based drinks
- List of cocktails with wine
- Brandy: A general term for distilled wine.
- Calimocho: A cheap alcoholic drink, comprising 50% red wine and 50% cola drink.
- Mulled wine (known in Scandinavia as Glögg): A red wine, combined with spices, and usually served hot.
- Sangria Spanish: A wine punch, comprising red wine, chopped fruits, sugar, and a small amount of brandy or other spirits.
- Spritzer: A tall, chilled drink, usually made of white wine and soda water.
- Wine cooler: An alcoholic beverage made from wine and fruit juice, often in combination with a carbonated beverage and sugar.
- Zurracapote: A popular Spanish alcoholic drink comprising mainly of red wine, spirit, fruit juice, sugar and cinnamon.
- Rebujito: A mixture of manzanilla wine, mixed with a soft drink like Sprite or 7 Up.
- Non-alcoholic wine
Wine-related objects
- Aging barrel: A barrel used to age wine or distilled spirits.
- Amphora: A type of ceramic vase, used for transporting and storing wine.
- Barrel: A hollow cylindrical container, traditionally made of wood staves, used for fermenting and aging wine.
- Butt: An old English unit of wine casks, equivalent to about 477 litres or 126 US gallons (105 imperial gallons).
- Cork (material): Tissue material, harvested from the Cork oak tree, and very suitable as a material for bottle stoppers.
- Corkscrew: A tool, comprising a pointed metallic helix attached to a handle, for drawing stopping corks from bottles.
- Screwcap: An alternative to cork for sealing wine bottles, comprising a metal cap that screws onto threads on the neck of a bottle.
- Wine bottle: A small container, with a neck that is narrower than the body, that allows long-term aging of wine when combined with a high-quality stopper, such as a cork.
- Wine cooler: An accessory, such as an ice bucket, for cooling wine.
- Wine label: The label on a wine bottle that must provide at least the minimum amount of information prescribed by law.
- Wine-press: A device, comprising two vats or receptacles, one for trodding and bruising grapes, and the other for collecting the juice.
- Wine stopper: An accessory, used to close leftover wine bottles because it is hard to put the original cork back into the bottleneck.
- Wine accessory.
Professions
- Cooper: Someone who makes wooden barrels, casks, and other similar wooden objects.
- Négociant: A wine merchant who assembles the produce of smaller growers and winemakers, and sells them under his own name.
- Sommelier: A waiter in a restaurant who specializes in wine.
- Vintner (also called "oenologist"): A winemaker or wine merchant.
Prominent personalities
- Abraham Izak Perold, Prof.
- Albert Seibel: A French hybridist (1844-1936) who made "Seibel grapes", that are hybrid crosses of European wine grapes (Vitis vinifera) with native North American grapes.
- Ausonius: Frequently cited by historians of winemaking, as his works give early evidence of large-scale viniculture in the now-famous wine country around his native Bordeaux, France.
- Dom Perignon: A Benedictine monk frequently credited with the invention of Champagne. and for which, Dom Perignon, the famous brand of Champagne is named after.
- Georges Duboeuf: A prominent Beaujolais bottler who has won countless awards for his wines.
- James Busby: Widely regarded as the "father" of the Australian wine industry, as he was the man who introduced vine to Australia, from Spain and France.
- Nathaniel de Rothschild: Founder of the French wine-making branch of the Rothschild family.
- Philippe de Rothschild: A member of the Rothschild family, and the most successful wine grower in the world.
- Robert M. Parker, Jr.: An influential wine critic from the United States.
- Robert Mondavi: A leading vineyard operator whose technical improvements and marketing strategies brought worldwide recognition for the wines of the Napa Valley in California.
- Simon Van Der Stel
- Taittinger family: A French family that is a famous producer of champagne.
- William Charles Winshaw, Dr.
Vineyards and distributors
- Château Cheval Blanc: An excellent vineyard in Saint-Émilion, France.
- Château Mouton Rothschild: Located at Bordeaux, France, it is widely regarded as one of the producer of the world's greatest wines, and was the first estate to begin complete chateau bottling of the harvest.
- Château Pétrus: The vineyard that produces the flagship wine of the Pomerol wine region in Bordeaux.
- Distell
- Douglas Green Bellingham (DGB)
- KWV (Koöperatiewe Winjnbouwers Vereniging van Zuid-Afrika): The name of the company, formed in , from the former winemakers cooperative in South Africa.
- Remick Ridge Vineyards: A California-based vineyard and winery, owned and operated by the Smothers Brothers.
- Royal Wine Company: Also known as "Kedem", is a U.S.-incorporated Kosher food manufacturing and distribution corporation, run by the Herzog family since 1848; is the leader in the Kosher beverage industry, holding exclusive United States distribution rights for several Israeli wines and spirits, and is especially known for the Baron Herzog Varietals line of wines.
- Villa Antinori
Films
- Mondovino, USA/France 2004: A documentary film directed by American film maker, Jonathan Nossiter, explaining the impact of globalization on the various wine-producing regions.
- Sideways, 2004: A comedy/drama film, directed by Alexander Payne, with the tagline: In search of wine. In search of women. In search of themselves., in which wine, particularly Pinot Noir, plays a central role.
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | History |
| ► | Wine-producing regions |
| ► | Wine grape varieties |
| ► | Classification of wine |
| ► | Wine names |
| ► | Uses of wine |
| ► | Medical implications |
| ► | List of other wine-related data |
| ► | See also |
| ► | References |
| ► | External links |
| ► | Resources |
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