The purpose of National Drink Wine Day is to spread the love and health benefits of wine.
Wine has played an important role in history, religion and relationships, and the day is meant to embrace the positive benefits of wine such as new friends, reduced risk of heart disease and the enhancement of food and life. !
People have been producing wine since at least 6000 B.C. There are dozens of ancient legends about humans who accidentally consumed fermented grapes and became intoxicated, which is probably how wine was first created. Eventually, people began experimenting with the fermentation process.
The methods for making wine spread from the region of Mesopotamia to Egypt, Greece, Rome, France, Spain, and eventually the New World. Today, over 20 million acres of the earth’s surface are dedicated to growing grapes for wine.
Studies have shown that drinking a glass of wine a day improves heart health, reduces forgetfulness, boosts immunity, and increases bone density.
More Information on wine:
1. It takes around 2 1/2 pounds of grapes to make one bottle of wine.
2.Before corks were broadly used in wine bottles, wooden stoppers wrapped in oil-soaked rags were common. These would need to be changed at least once a year.
3. Even though corks were commonly used since the 1600’s it wasn’t until 1795 that the corkscrew was patented. Before then the corks would have caps, similar to champagne corks.
4. An average bottle of wine is about 25 fluid ounces( officially 750 milliliters)
5. Most ancients urns found in greece, egypt, and the Mediterranean are ‘casks’ that held wine. The sealed elongated box that holds them are called ‘caskets’.
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