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Une brève histoire du vin et comment il est élaboré

A Brief History of Wine and How It’s Made

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Victoire Victoire Standard
Adrien

Adrien

A 40 years old French man, low voice, deep, calm, comforting

Standard accent
Marie

Marie

Warm, expressive and captivating French female voice, ideal for audiobooks and immersive stories

Standard accent
Francois Louis

Francois Louis

A deep, resonant, aristocratic male voice with a Parisian accent

Parisian accent
Victoire

Victoire

Young, fluid and capitvating French female voice with a Parisian accent

Standard accent

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France has also many styles — white, red, rosé and sparkling — __________ (types of grapes), from famous international names to local varieties.
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3 / 15
Au Cap, en Afrique, on a planté des vignes en 1655 sous direction néerlandaise, et les archives notent le premier vin ______ pressé le 2 février 1659.
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If the fermentation slows down or stops, they can help the yeast.
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Les archéologues y ont trouvé des outils pour presser, fermenter et stocker — ensemble, au même endroit.
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if the place is clean and protected, the yeast does well its work.
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After fermentation, the wine is __________
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__________ ferment with the skins: over time, we extract the color and the tannins.
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Bottling, it is like closing a door: we seal the wine so that it can travel, rest, then be opened later — at the table, with people.
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Le vin mousseux ajoute un petit truc en plus: il piège le gaz pour faire des bulles.
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Tu peux sentir des fruits, une odeur de levure (comme du pain), et parfois une odeur vive __________ dans l’air.
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On y trouve les vents de l’Atlantique __________ la chaleur méditerranéenne au sud, et la fraîcheur des montagnes à l’est.
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Ils peuvent refroidir ou réchauffer la cuve, remuer doucement, ou ajouter des nutriments pour que la levure reste forte.
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Even red grapes give often a pale juice at the beginning — because the color is in the skins.
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Le vin est aussi devenu un signe de statut.
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