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Una breve storia del vino e come si produce

(A Brief History of Wine and How It’s Made)

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Le prime viti dell’Australia arrivarono con la First Fleet nel 1788.
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This means that Italy it is not only “a wine style.”
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Anche l’uva rossa ______ dà un succo chiaro all’inizio—perché il colore è nelle bucce.
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The yeast it is a living fungus tiny—so small that __________ but powerful enough to change a whole harvest.
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the wine it starts in a calm way.
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Ad Areni, in Armenia, una cantina in grotta risale a circa 4100–4000 a.C.
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the producers they can combine free-run wine and press wine, or keep them separate and decide later.
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The container it was not only a container.
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Al Capo, in Sudafrica, le viti furono piantate nel 1655 sotto guida olandese, e i documenti segnano il primo vino del Capo pigiato il 2 febbraio 1659.
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So the people they used jars _______ and they sealed the openings to protect the liquid from the air and from going bad.
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_____ le bucce vengono pressate, ed esce il vino di pressa.
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L’obiettivo è l’equilibrio—non solo dolcezza o alcol alto.
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Finally, the wine __________ for bottling.
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Nel vino rosso, le bucce salgono e formano __________
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Most of red wines it ferments with the skins, and over time it takes colour and tannin.
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Aggiunge un po’ di lievito e un po’ di zucchero.
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Il vino può riposare in acciaio (fresco, pulito, centrato sulla frutta), in cemento (temperatura stabile, tessitura morbida) o in rovere (legno / botte): aggiunge spezie, note tostate e struttura.
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__________ the buds they open and the shoots they grow quickly.
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Often they diluted it with water, then they talked about taste, good manners and status.
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__________ sparkling wine it can smell a lot.
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Nel pomeriggio __________ al caldo.
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Altri vendemmiano con macchine, spesso di notte quando l’aria è più fresca.
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Imbottigliare è come chiudere una porta: sigilla ________ così può viaggiare, riposare ed essere aperto più tardi—a tavola, con le persone.
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