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Sign in to saveWine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice. It is produced and consumed in many regions around the world, in a wide variety of styles which are influenced by different varieties of grapes, growing environments, viticulture methods, and production techniques.
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Wine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice, and it comes in many different styles depending on the grape varieties used, where the grapes are grown, and how they're produced. It's made and enjoyed in wine-producing regions around the world, with these regional and stylistic differences shaping what makes each wine distinct.
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Key facts
- Beverage.name
- Wine
- Beverage.type
- Alcoholic beverage
- Beverage.abv
- Typically 12.514.5%
- Beverage.ingredients
- Fermented grape juice
- Beverage.footnotes
- Carcinogenicity: IARC group 1
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- alcoholic fruit beverage
- Material used
- yeast
- Image
- Red and white wine 12-2015.jpg
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- P910
- Category:Wines
Article
31 sectionsContents
- History
- Production
- Styles
- Viticulture
- Vinification
- Containers
- Producing countries
- Classification
- European classifications
- Outside Europe
- Vintages
- Forgery and manipulation
- Consumption
- Serving
- Tasting
- Global popularity
- Culinary uses
- Health effects
- Storage
- In society
- Collecting
- Social consumption
- In the arts
- In religion
- Ancient religions
- Modern religions
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
Wine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice. It is produced and consumed in many regions around the world, in a wide variety of styles which are influenced by different varieties of grapes, growing environments, viticulture methods, and production techniques.
Wine has been produced for thousands of years, the earliest evidence dating from in present-day Georgia. Its popularity spread around the Mediterranean during Classical antiquity, and was sustained in Western Europe by winemaking monks and a secular trade for general drinking. New World wine was established by settler colonies from the 16th century onwards, and the wine trade increased dramatically up to the latter half of the 19th century, when European vineyards were largely destroyed by the invasive pest phylloxera. After the Second World War, the wine market improved dramatically as winemakers focused on quality and marketing to cater for a more discerning audience, and wine remains a popular drink in much of the world.