Understanding Wine

What kind or type of wines have

you tasted already?
Let us all watch how wines are made
 What is wine?
Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes.
 How Wine Was Made?
1 The Harvest.
Harvesting or picking is certainly the
first step in the actual winemaking process.
Without fruit, Manual harvesting and mechanical
harvesting are the two routes that a wine grape
grower can take to get the grapes off the vine and
ready for crush. Hand-harvesting affords more
precise selection and tends to do a better job of
protecting the grape's juice content from oxidation
due to damaged skins.
 Crushing and Pressing

2.Crushing simply breaks

grape berries, allowing the juice, pulp,
and seeds to mingle with the skins and
stems of the grapes. Pressing, on the
other hand, is the process that
separates the grape juice from the
fiber and other solids that make up a
berry
 Fermentation
3.Fermentation is the process by
which grape “must” (a fancy winemaking
term for unfermented grapes or juice)
transforms into wine. During fermentation,
yeast—our microbiological friends—
convert grape sugars into alcohol. There's a
lot more than just alcohol production going
on, though
 Bottling and Aging
The final stage of the winemaking
process involves the aging and bottling of wine.
After clarification, the winemaker has the choice
of bottling a wine immediately, Further aging can
be done in the bottle, stainless steel or ceramic
tanks, large wooden ovals, or small barrels,
commonly called barriques. The choices and
techniques employed in this final stage of the
process are nearly endless, as are the end results.
 The most common classifications
of wine are done by:
● Place of Origin/Regional wine classification
● Classification by vinification
● Taste classification
● Vintage classification
● Varietal classification
 Place of origin
One of the first classifications of wine was by their
place of origin (or appellation), for example Bordeaux, Rioja,
Mosel and Chianti all described the place of wine's origin and
sometimes style in which were created. These classifications
also specified exactly which grapes were used for making each
wine, and the process of their fermentation. Champagne wine
must only be made from grapes grown in the Champagne region
of France and vinified using a specific method. Sherry as an
addition to their actual region of origin.
Classification by vinification
Classification by vinification refers to how
the wines are made, and they separate all wines into
three major categories: table wines, sparkling wines
and fortified wines. Table wines (also called natural
wines) are mostly consumed with food, and they serve
as accompaniments to the meal. Sparkling wines are
mostly dedicated for consumption at celebrations, and
fortified wines are used before or after the meal (or in
cooking as an ingredient).
Taste classification
Taste classification
describes the character of wine as
dry (not sweet, containing 2-3% of
sugar and about 10% of alcohol),
semidry, semisweet (5-6% sugar,
13-14% alcohol) and sweet (often
called dessert wines, 14-16% sugar
and 16% alcohol).
Varietal classification