Meat is paired well with reds. Aroma, bouquet, nose – wine is smelly business.

Trichloroanisole in the cork can impart musty, mouldy overtones. Such a wine is called "corked." Gulp. Boxes, while repugnant, hold viable vinos. A toast to one's health originated in Greece – it meant "I'm not trying to kill you." During racking, a wine is moved to a new barrel and separated from sediment in the old one. A lingering finish indicates a luscious vintage!

If a husband found his wife drinking wine in the early Roman times, he was at liberty to kill her. A popular but unconfirmed theory claims that Malbec is named after a Hungarian peasant who first spread the grape variety throughout France. Acidity is a key element in a wine's longevity. Shiraz, Syrah, what's the difference? There is none.

A mommy needs more wine than adolescents. Though you'll commonly hear grapes referred to as "fruit," botanists technically classify grapes as berries since each fruit forms from a single flower. Acidity is a naturally occurring component of every wine. So many organic compounds are in wine. Starts strong on the tongue with explosions of plum, floral, fruits. The Romans cooked grape juice in lead pots to sweeten their wine... and to poison their wine.

In response to violent demonstrations by protesters, the French government began regulating the amount of sugar that can be added to wine in the early twentieth century. More? Sulfites are found in nearly all wines, produced by the yeast during fermentation. In the unreliable summers of northern France, the acidity of under ripened grapes was often masked with chaptalization with unsatisfactory results, whereas now the less ripe grapes are made into popular sparkling wines. At sea, brutes have raided wine barrels. The concept of foie gras begs a brash blanc.

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, but it consumes the most wine per capita worldwide. Quip intelligently over oak-aged Chablis. It may be the oldest known type of wine, as it is the most straightforward to make with the skin contact method. Spice, strawberries, oak and tar. Can't taste them? Drink more. Wine and a sonnet to ponder. Delicacy is prized in pinot noir and riesling. Women have a higher fat content than men. What does this have to do with wine? Because fat doesn't absorb alcohol, women get drunk faster.

Pinot noir is French for "black pinecone," a description of the grape's appearance. Sparkling reds include Lambrusco, from Italy, and Brachetto D'Acqui. Sommelier is an elegant euphemism for professional wino.

The classic profile of Cabernet Sauvignon tends to be full-bodied with high tannins and noticeable acidity that contributes to the wine's aging potential. The world's oldest bottle of wine is over 1600 years old and can be found at a museum in Germany. Cork it! Winemakers refer to screw caps as Stelvin enclosures, because it sounds better than "lid." Amaron is made primarily from Corvina grapes dried on racks before pressing. Toasting was originally the practice of dropping toasted bread into wine to temper excessive acidity.

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