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Wine 101
Rule 1
Once you start drinking wine DO NOT ADD ANYTHING BUT WINE or if you start to drink other liquor donât add wine.
Rule 1
Once you start drinking wine DO NOT ADD ANYTHING BUT WINE or if you start to drink other liquor donât add wine.
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Rule 2
General rule of thumb though it doesnât always apply
White wine goes with chicken and seafood
Red wine goes with red meat (pork, beef, ox, deer, etc.)
Rule 2
General rule of thumb though it doesnât always apply
White wine goes with chicken and seafood
Red wine goes with red meat (pork, beef, ox, deer, etc.)
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Rule 3
Take your time. Wine taste gradually changes as it gets warmer. You experience more. Itâs not about get lit with wine. Itâs about the moment.
Rule 3
Take your time. Wine taste gradually changes as it gets warmer. You experience more. Itâs not about get lit with wine. Itâs about the moment.
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Rule 4
Drink it from a glass. It stays cold longer.
Rule 4
Drink it from a glass. It stays cold longer.
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Rule 5
If you going to âchillâ the wine do not leave it in the fridge for DAYS. Simply leave it there a few hours before actually drinking it.
Rule 5
If you going to âchillâ the wine do not leave it in the fridge for DAYS. Simply leave it there a few hours before actually drinking it.
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Rule 5 pt. 2
You ruin the flavor.
Rule 5 pt. 2
You ruin the flavor.
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Rule 6
I would definitely recommend going to a wine store and or winery. Thereâs a lot that goes with wine. American brand wine has nothing on imported wine. Napa Valley is up there but wine from Italy, Spain, Paraguay, Honduras, El Salvador, China, & Japan? God Like.
Rule 6
I would definitely recommend going to a wine store and or winery. Thereâs a lot that goes with wine. American brand wine has nothing on imported wine. Napa Valley is up there but wine from Italy, Spain, Paraguay, Honduras, El Salvador, China, & Japan? God Like.
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Rule 7
Amazing pearings with wine are chocolate, cheese, and or other fruit. Your mind will constantly be stimulated by natural sweets in fruits. Getting the caffeine and excitement from chocolate. While being intrigued severely by the various textures of cheese.
Rule 7
Amazing pearings with wine are chocolate, cheese, and or other fruit. Your mind will constantly be stimulated by natural sweets in fruits. Getting the caffeine and excitement from chocolate. While being intrigued severely by the various textures of cheese.
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Fact 1
âAlcohol affects platelets, acting like a mild blood thinner,â Mukamal explains. Moderate alcohol consumption also raises HDL cholesterol (the âgoodâ kind) and lowers levels of the blood component fibrinogen, which may also help keep blood thinner.â
Fact 1
âAlcohol affects platelets, acting like a mild blood thinner,â Mukamal explains. Moderate alcohol consumption also raises HDL cholesterol (the âgoodâ kind) and lowers levels of the blood component fibrinogen, which may also help keep blood thinner.â
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Fact 2
A glass a day for women and up to two glasses a day for men increases heart health.
Fact 2
A glass a day for women and up to two glasses a day for men increases heart health.
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Fact 3
Research states that with those measurements, âa glass a dayâ you report sleeping longer and achieving REM sleep.
Fact 3
Research states that with those measurements, âa glass a dayâ you report sleeping longer and achieving REM sleep.
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Fact 4
The skin of the fruit, whether the stem is still in the fruit, AND where the fermentation process took place (oak barrel, whiskey barrel, the temp, underground or not, etc.)
Fact 4
The skin of the fruit, whether the stem is still in the fruit, AND where the fermentation process took place (oak barrel, whiskey barrel, the temp, underground or not, etc.)
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Fact 5
Wine is a considered a delicacy. Having the knowledge of it can give you always something interesting and sophisticated at business meetings, causal convos at the family cookout, or something fun to get to your friends interested in to.
Fact 5
Wine is a considered a delicacy. Having the knowledge of it can give you always something interesting and sophisticated at business meetings, causal convos at the family cookout, or something fun to get to your friends interested in to.
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Fact 6
You are less likely to have a nasty hungover from being drunk from wine. Itâs a more natural alcohol and itâs easier for the body to digest.
Fact 6
You are less likely to have a nasty hungover from being drunk from wine. Itâs a more natural alcohol and itâs easier for the body to digest.
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Fact 7
Drinking wine over a meal will SIGNIFICANTLY decrease your chances of feeling buzzed because your food is absorbing it. So when it comes to going to a restaurant and having a glass ? You will not incapable of driving.
STILL #DrinkResponsibly & be mindful.
Fact 7
Drinking wine over a meal will SIGNIFICANTLY decrease your chances of feeling buzzed because your food is absorbing it. So when it comes to going to a restaurant and having a glass ? You will not incapable of driving.
STILL #DrinkResponsibly & be mindful.
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Fact 8
Wine and champagne often have the same process of being made. BUT âchampagneâ itself is only called Champagne when it is from Champagne, France. Other ones are referred to as a âbubblyâ.
Fact 8
Wine and champagne often have the same process of being made. BUT âchampagneâ itself is only called Champagne when it is from Champagne, France. Other ones are referred to as a âbubblyâ.
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Fact 9
Drinking wine can improve your sex life.
Yes ladies and gentlemen wine has connection to your sex drive and making you aroused. An Italian study made this connection.
So enjoy
Fact 9
Drinking wine can improve your sex life.
Yes ladies and gentlemen wine has connection to your sex drive and making you aroused. An Italian study made this connection.
So enjoy
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Fact 10
Red wine is healthier than white wine.
âRed wines are known to contain many beneficial antioxidants such as polyphenol and resveratrol that have cardio-protective effects and anti-cancer properties. Grape skin is especially rich in antioxidants.â
Fact 10
Red wine is healthier than white wine.
âRed wines are known to contain many beneficial antioxidants such as polyphenol and resveratrol that have cardio-protective effects and anti-cancer properties. Grape skin is especially rich in antioxidants.â
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Fact 11
Wine was discovered about 6,000 yrs ago in the Middle East
âThe earliest remnants of wine were discovered in Iran, dating back to the Neolithic period (8500-4000 B.C.). The oldest evidence of cultivated vines were found in Georgia, dating from 7000-5000 B.C.â
Fact 11
Wine was discovered about 6,000 yrs ago in the Middle East
âThe earliest remnants of wine were discovered in Iran, dating back to the Neolithic period (8500-4000 B.C.). The oldest evidence of cultivated vines were found in Georgia, dating from 7000-5000 B.C.â
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Fact 11 pt.2
âIt is supposed that the drink originally fermented by mistake.â
Yes. You heard correctly. People would drink fruit juice and it just so happen that they left the drink out too long and boom. An alcoholic beverage.
Fact 11 pt.2
âIt is supposed that the drink originally fermented by mistake.â
Yes. You heard correctly. People would drink fruit juice and it just so happen that they left the drink out too long and boom. An alcoholic beverage.
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Fact 12
âDrinking alcohol can actually improve memory, academics have found as a study showed that those who drink after studying are better at recalling what they learnt.â
Yes you heard correctly. BUT this is after. Not while or before. Almost as a treat.
Fact 12
âDrinking alcohol can actually improve memory, academics have found as a study showed that those who drink after studying are better at recalling what they learnt.â
Yes you heard correctly. BUT this is after. Not while or before. Almost as a treat.
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Fact 12 pt.2
âThe causes of this effect are not fully understood, but the leading explanation is that alcohol blocks the learning of new information & therefore the brain has more resources available to lay down other recently learned information into long-term memoryâ
Fact 12 pt.2
âThe causes of this effect are not fully understood, but the leading explanation is that alcohol blocks the learning of new information & therefore the brain has more resources available to lay down other recently learned information into long-term memoryâ
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Fact 13
Wine actually needs to breath. Taking it straight out fridge after you chilled it can actually ruin the experience for some wines. Once you take it out let oxygen get to it. 15-30 mins. Then try it. It should taste more flavorful.
Fact 13
Wine actually needs to breath. Taking it straight out fridge after you chilled it can actually ruin the experience for some wines. Once you take it out let oxygen get to it. 15-30 mins. Then try it. It should taste more flavorful.
