Wine

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red and white wine

Wine is an alcoholic drink. We usually use the word for the drink made from the juice of grapes, although people sometimes call alcoholic drinks made from the juice of other fruits "wine". In this article we talk only about wine made from grapes.

Wine is made by the fermentation of the sugar in grapes. There are two main types of wine, red wine and white wine. A mixture of the two gives rose wine, sometimes called pink wine. Wine sometimes has bubbles in it; this wine is called sparkling wine. The most popular sparkling wine is Champagne.

People have been making wine since about 5000 years ago.

Wine is a popular drink in many countries. The countries that drink the most wine (using 2000 numbers) are:

France, Italy, USA, Germany, Spain, Argentina, the United Kingdom, China, Russia, and Romania

However, if you use the per person (or "per capita") numbers, the list is different:

Luxembourg, France, Italy, Portugal, Croatia, Switzerland, Spain, Argentina, Uruguay, and Slovenia

Wine is made in many countries. The countries that make the most wine (using 2000 numbers) are:

France, Italy, Spain, USA, Argentina, Germany, Australia, South Africa, Portugal, and Chile

[edit] External references

*{(en)(fr)(de)(it)(es)} 'www.guidale.com' Wine of France, directory of French producers