| You might think you like wine, sipping the occasional | | | | crop. There are 20 million acres of grapes planted |
| glass of fruity Pinot in glorious sunshine or cuddling up | | | | worldwide. |
| with a bottle of cabernet Shiraz on a cold winter night, | | | | 9. What is wine made up of? Wine Composition: 86% |
| but how much do you actually know about the tasty | | | | water, 11.2% alcohol, 2.8% other. Over 250 compounds |
| tipple we all so regularly indulge in. Take the test and | | | | have been identified in "other". That is why wine |
| see how many of the wine questions here you really | | | | making is an art and not a science. |
| know the answer to. Then use them on your friends | | | | 10. How many calories are in a four ounce glass of red |
| and show off how knowledgeable you are. | | | | wine Approximately 85. |
| 1. When did winemaking begin? The Mesopotamians | | | | 11. Approximately how many bubbles are in a bottle of |
| were credited with producing the first wines in 6000 | | | | Champagne? 49 Million. |
| B.C. | | | | 12. When was the corkscrew designed? |
| 2. Where was the world’s oldest bottle of wine | | | | Mid-1800’s. |
| was found? Germany. | | | | 13. How far can a champagne cork travel? The |
| 3. How much wine is in a bottle? Generally a bottle of | | | | longest recorded champagne cork flight was 177 feet |
| wine measures the liquid in milliliters, with 750 ml being | | | | and 9 inches. |
| the standard amount in most bottles (or about 25 fluid | | | | 14. How much pressure is there in a champagne |
| ounces). | | | | bottle? The pressure in a champagne bottle is typically |
| 4. How many grapes does it take to make your | | | | between 70 and 90 pounds per square inch. That's |
| average bottle of wine? It takes about 2 ½ pounds | | | | two to three times the pressure in your car's tyre, |
| (about eight bunches) of grapes to make a bottle of | | | | about the same as in a double-decker bus' tyre. |
| wine. | | | | 15. Why does a wine bottle have an indentation in the |
| 5. How many gallons of wine are produced from one | | | | bottom? The purpose of the indentation at the bottom |
| acre of grapevines? About 800. | | | | of a wine bottle is to strengthen the structure of the |
| 6. How many varieties of wine grapes exist in the | | | | bottle. |
| world today? Over 10,000. | | | | 16. Does wine turn to vinegar with age? No, old wine |
| 7. How many grapevines generally make up an acre? | | | | almost never turns to vinegar. It spoils by oxidation. |
| 400. | | | | 17. How much wine does the biggest wine bottle hold? |
| 8. How many acres of vines are there in the World? | | | | Nebuchadnezzar is the largest wine bottle and holds 15 |
| Wine grapes are the single most widely planted fruit | | | | litres or 120 glasses of wine. |