Wine

What is Sangria?
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Sangria is a sweetened wine concoction traditionally served during Spanish fiestas and other very informal occasions. It would be the equivalent of other mass-produced alcoholic punches such as "Grog" or "Hunch Punch".

Cheap red or white wine is combined with various fruits, alcoholic spirits, lemonade, sugar, and sometimes cinnamon or other dessert-suitable spices to form sangria, which means "blood" in Spanish.
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How is red wine made?
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Originating in ancient times, red wine is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented grape juice and varieties of yeast.
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What is a Dessert Wine?
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The sweetness of a wine often depends on the time of the season the grapes were harvested. In the case of a dessert wine, the grapes were most likely picked very late in the season, almost to the point of rotting on the vine in some cases. By definition in the United States, a dessert wine must contain at least 14% alcohol by volume, but certain blends such as Asti Spumante can have a lower percentage of alcohol as long as the overall sweetness is present.
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What is a Pinot Noir?
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A Pinot Noir is actually a grape variety used to make red wine.  The grape is of deep purple color, and grows worldwide, though mostly in cooler climates.  The Pinot Noir grape is often associated with the Burgundy region of France.  The Parker's Wine Buying Guide describes Pinot Noir wine as follows: "When it's great, pinot noir produces the most complex, hedonistic, and remarkably thrilling red wine in the world."
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What are some good Wine Toasts?
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The tradition of offering a wine toast to honored guests can be traced back to an ancient Greek practice of hoisting wine goblets to the gods to ensure the wine was not poisoned. The actual term toast came from the Roman practice of adding a burnt piece of bread to inferior wines in order to reduce their acidity.
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