Throughout history wine has been changing containers for transport and conservation. From the time when the wine was transported in clay amphorae to the daily use of the bottles, many years have passed and other materials such as wood and even animal skins have been carried out, but the concern to keep the wines in […]

THE BEYOND THE WINE In previous publications, we discussed the great wine classifications and their typologies. This time we will focus on those we called special wines, that is, those that have unique characteristics derived from: Type of grapes with which they are made, affected by a climatic influence or external agent. Winemaking process different […]

DEFINITION OF BOTTLE According to the Real Academia de la Lengua Española, it is called a “glass vessel, cooked clay or other material, with a narrow neck, which serves to contain liquids” The origin of this term is coined in ancient Rome from the Latin word “ampulla“. The glass bottles as we know them in […]

WHAT DETERMINES ITS QUALITY We can define 4 factors of influence that will determine the qualtity of a wine. Variety of grape Climate Ground Terroir   VARIETY OF GRAPE It is said that there are more than 10,000 grapes around the world. Not all of them are cataloged and valid to produce wine. Table grapes […]

SHAPE MATTERS The glass in which we’re going to enjoy our wine will condition its aromas, flavour, balance and taste. Amazingly, the same wine served in different glasses can express something completely different. The main function of the glass is to let the wine to develop itself, so the aromas can go in the right […]

WINE CATEGORIES We can distinguish 5 basic classifications to categorize wine: general or by its elaboration: this classification will divide between still wines and those that have some special characteristic derived from their elaboration process. by its sugar content: depending on the residual sugar content of the wine (remaining from its fermentation) we can distinguish […]

Grape is the main resource used for the wine elaboration, and as it is a fruit, it has to be collected. To this certain action, it is better known as harvest. Therefore, the harvest is the grape collect which will be key for wine making.   The harvest origins take place a thousand years ago, […]

Spain is the first wine producer by surface of the world, according to the OIV, with vineyards that cover more than 1M hectares of the country. Let´s think that the Europe Union has a surface close to 3,3M, and that all over the world the vineyard surface is around 7,5M hectares. As a curiosity, it […]

The origin of wine in Spain dates from the first plantations in the year 3,000 B.C. with the arrival of the Phoenicians to our lands, although the first crops did not begin until 1100 B.C. in the area of ​​what is now Cádiz, on the western Andalusian coast. Throughout the time of the Roman Empire […]

Wine and Humanity Wine has been and will be part of man’s own history and culture as one of the first creations of humanity. The ancient historians considered the origin of wine in Prehistory. We could think of wine as one of the first discoveries about chemical reactions, even if they were casual or spontaneous. […]