All About Wine - Under One Pergola

By Sharon Stajda,

From its ancient history, to the growth of the grapes, to our wine glasses, and everything in-between. Lets explore wine...

Thanks for stopping in... I love wine, and have had so much fun writing, and building several Squidoo lenses on the very subject. I wanted to make it easy, and convienent for my wine loving readers to have a look see at all my wine related sites, under one pergola - so to speak. If you have stumbled into this page, and love wine? I have put together some great informational lenses pertaining to wine, all along trying to keep my lenses uncomplicated, and interesting for my visitor's. I truly enjoy researching wine, its a vast interesting, complex subject, from the grapes to the glass, and everything in between. When building these various lenses, I learn loads along the way, and hope to pass it on to all my reader's.From what grapes are used to make what wine? Making Wine Its All In The Grapes . To how red wines fermentation is so different from, white wines fermentation. Fermentation Process of Wine Making . I now know how to determine a good Champagne from a "not so good Champagne." Wonderful French Champagne. I have come to feel comfortable in an eatery, when the waiter uncorks a bottle, and head for me to take that first tasting! Ever considered giving a Wine Tasting Party? Visit My lens, Wine Tasting 101--- Learn To Taste Wine Like A pro - this lens offers step by step instructions on how to taste wine, the right way, along with great wine tasting party tips, plus a wine scoring sheet. Planning a special dinner? Need to know what wine will go with the food you will be serving? Stop in at my lens,Pairing Just The Right Wine --- With Just The Right Food . Learn what wine goes with what food. There is even a bit of a cheat sheet!I hope I have wet your whistle, and perhaps enticed you to browse my informational wine lenses. You can find all the links below. Oh - Please make sure to leave me a word or two at one of my guestbooks. Maybe you will consider sharing a good wine you have sampled?

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WineOpedia: From its ancient history, to the growth of the grapes, to our wine glasses, and everything in-between. Lets explore wine...
Visiting A Winery: Nothing can beat going to the source to really learn about, and understand wine...

In the case of wine- that means a visit to a winery. You will be able to first hand stroll a winery , and inspect the fermentation tank, take a nice walk through the vineyard. See the different grapes in stages of ripening. And yes, be able to sample many wonderful wine's.
Wine And The America's: The Spanish conquistadors were the first to introduce wine to Central, and South America.In 1521 conquistador Hernando Cortes defeated the Aztecs in Mexico. Cortes soon became governor of Mexico. Upon entering office he instructed the new Spanish settlers to plant grape vines on the land they had been allotted. The new found Spanish settlers wineries produced an abundence of wonderful wine.
Making Wine Its All In The Grapes: What is wine? It depends on who you are. Louis Pasteur, a scientist, described it as "the most healthful and most hygienic of all beverages." Gourmet Benjamin Franklin called wine "proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy." The authors of a recent textbook, in a more pragmatic vein, say wine is the beverage resulting from the partial or complete fermentation of sound, ripe grapes under controlled conditions.
Chardonnay ---- Oaky, Buttery, Soft and Creamy: Chardonnay, one of the worlds favorite wines...

Chardonnay has earned the place as the world's most popular white wine. With over 300,000 acres of Chardonnay grapes being planted in various vineyards around the world, 100,000 being planted 100,000 in California alone. The largest crop being planted in the Burgundy region of France. The vines are very low matanence, and adapts well to a variety of climates.
Wine Glasses -- Which Goes With Which Wine?: The wine revolution is doing more than just changing how, and where wine is grown, and produced. It is also changing the way we chose to serve wine. Wine can be savored, in a Dixie cup as well as a beautiful cut glass wine glass.
Wines Of A Pale Nature...: White Dinner Wines Fermenting the juice for white wines alone-without skins and seeds -makes it possible to complete the process in a single container, usually a covered tank or fermenting cask.
Pairing Just The Right Wine --- With Just The Right Food: Why can't we just drink any wine with any food? Well--after researching the subject of pairing food and wine. I have discovered that wine connoisseurs present a very good case for pairing just the right wine, with jut the right food.In theory wine can enhance the flavor of food or obliterate it! So you must make the choice. Do you want a war going on in your mouths or do you want a peaceful dinning experience?
Wine - A History Of Problems That Have Plagued Wine: In the year of 1863 an unidentifiable disease hit the grape vines in Frances Rhone Valley. This disease was caused by an unknown louse, that was so small it was hard to see with the naked eye.
Wine Tasting 101--- Learn To Taste Wine Like A pro: Great wine tasting party tips, plus wine scoring sheet.

Do you dread it when a waiter approaches with the wine, and is expecting you to perform a tasting, before its served? I have provided some tips below, to get you through it like a pro....
Red Wines... Warm, Rich, Full Bodied: All grapes are created equal. That is until they are used to make red wine. All grapes have the same greenish pulp after being crushed to make. So just where does Red wine get it rich scrumptious red color--- The skins.
Wonderful French Champagne: Its very name denotes celebration. We serve it at weddings to celebrate newlyweds. We launch ships with it, not to mention ringing in the New Year!

Champagne is synoymous with celebrating. It comes in many styles, and from many places around the world. But the true wine drinker, will tell you the french make the best champagne in the world...
Fermentation Process of Wine Making: Fermentation Of The Grape Juice...

Natural fermentation begins immediately after grapes are crushed. If one squeezes a bunch of ripe grapes in his hand and lets the juice fall into a container, the juice will ferment into a kind of wine. Wild yeast's in the dust-like "bloom" covering the skins of ripe grapes begin the fermenting cycle.

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If you are truley into researching wine, its a must stop in... You will fine everything from A-Z about wine.

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Please take tome to browse 'Wine Wise." You will literally find hundreds of articles on wine. "Wine Wise" is a great reference area, you will want to make it one of your favorite places to buff up on wine...