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10) One of the most expensive bottle of wine thus far was a
bottle of 1875 Chateau Margaux that was owned by Thomas Jefferson. The man that
owned it dropped it and was paid $225,000 by the insurance company.
9) Another expensive bottle of wine was an 1869 Chateau
Lafite Rothschild, which sold for $230,692 at an auction in Hong Kong.
8) California is in fourth place in terms of wine production
in the world, led by France, Italy, and Spain.
7) Women are generally better wine-tasters than men because
their sense of smell is better than men.
6) A ton of grapes can make about 720 bottles of wine, so one
bottle of wine uses about 2.75 pounds of grapes.
5) One study showed that when French music was played in a
wine store, more French wine was sold. When German music was played, more
German wine was sold.
4) There is a novel you can read called ‘Wine to Water’ by Doc Hendley. It is
about his organization in Africa that aims to bring clean drinking water to
villages in need. He himself was a raging alcoholic from North Carolina that
one day had a wake-up call and moved to Africa.
3) Some stories suggest that toasting was invented as a way
to prevent poisoning. The clinking of glasses would splash each wine in to the
other cup.
2) Grape juice mix was sold with a warning label during
prohibition times. The warning stated that the buy should not take the liquid
and place it in a jug for 20 days because it will become alcohol.
1) One of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous stories is about a
wine-tasting event where one man lures a friend into a trap with wine. This is
said to be based on an actual event involving Lieutenant Robert Massie back in
1817.
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