As we all know, the world's three ancient wines are beer, rice wine, wine, of which only wine is made of fruit.
It can be said that wine is the chosen child of fruit wine, and wine has become the most popular existence among many fruit wines. However, there are so many fruits in the world, why are grapes used in large quantities for winemaking, and what is the charm of this small grape?
In fact, there are several reasons:
1. Self-fermentation
The process of winemaking is inseparable from fermentation, but grapes are one of the few fruits that can ferment on their own.
The epidermis of the grapes is accompanied by a large amount of natural yeast brought by air and insects, and when the grapes are crushed, the yeast is mixed with the grape juice with sugar in the grapes. The yeast on the grape skin and the saccharine pulp are mixed together, and after time of domestication, they can ferment on their own, and the sugar in the grapes is converted into alcohol and transformed into delicious wine.
So when we make our own wine, we also need to mash the grapes, so that the skin and pulp of the grapes are fully integrated to ferment.
2. The grape flavor is complex
In fact, in addition to grapes, fruits such as apples, plums, mulberries, sugar cane, blueberries and other fruits can be made, and the absolute factor that makes wine win in these fruits is taste.
Wine made with grapes, whether it is flavor or aroma, taste, etc. are hanging other fruits, wine has a more complex flavor than other fruits, and after fermentation and storage, wine will produce a variety of complex and charming aromas, the taste will be more round and smooth, different varieties of grapes can also make different flavors of wine, such as red wine, white wine, etc., which is also incomparable to other fruit wines.
3. Historical reasons
In addition, there are historical reasons, as early as 1700 BC, the Egyptians carved the complete winemaking process on the stone wall, and the first wine drinking race was the Persians in Asia Minor in the thousands of years BC, and the wine inheritance is not unrelated to this.
And in the past, land resources were tight, cultivated land was used to grow grain, and there was not a lot of land to grow fruits, but grapes could grow tenaciously in the barren land, and there was no need to seize land resources with grain, and it did not take too much energy to plant, and the yield was also high, which naturally became the best choice for brewing fine wine in fruits.
Since then, the C position in the cider has also been born!
In China, there is a kind of fruit wine is very special, this is the apricot wine, Confucius once lectured at the apricot altar, students are called xinglin disciples, since then students to the teacher to send gifts must send apricot wine to thank the teacher has become a formula, now teachers' day students still have this excellent custom of sending teacher wine? I'm afraid it's hard to see, right?