| Wine Packaging and Storage: Cork, Amphora, Hogshead, Oak, Barrel, Wine Bottle, Wine Label, Alternative Wine Closures, Storage of Wine, Wine Cave, Contributor(s): Source Wikipedia (Author), Books, LLC (Editor), Books, LLC (Created by) |
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ISBN: 1155605071 ISBN-13: 9781155605074 Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series OUR PRICE: $16.63 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| Physical Information: 0.09" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (0.21 lbs) 44 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Cork, Amphora, Hogshead, Oak, Barrel, Wine bottle, Wine label, Alternative wine closures, Storage of wine, Wine cave, Cork taint, Wine rack, Bag-In-Box, Screw cap, Solera, Box wine, CellarTracker, Heidelberg Tun, Carboy, Bocksbeutel, Wine cellar, Bung, German wine label, Bottling line, Nomacorc LLC, Puncheon, Cleanskin, Bota bag, Sealed bottles, Decimal Dozen, Butt, Wine on Tap, Wine Ark, Oenochoe. Excerpt: The use of oak plays a significant role in winemaking and can have a profound effect on the resulting wine, affecting the color, flavor, tannin profile and texture of the wine. Oak can come into contact with wine in the form of a barrel during the fermentation or aging periods. It can be introduced to the wine in the form of free-floating oak chips or as wood staves (or sticks) added to wine in a fermentation vessel like stainless steel. The use of oak barrels can impart other qualities to wine through the processes of evaporation and low level exposure to oxygen. In early wine history, the amphora was the vessel of choice for the storage and transportation of wine. Due to the perishable nature of wood material it is difficult to trace the usage of barrels in history. The Greek historian Herodotus noted that ancient Mesopotamians used barrels made of palm wood to transport wine along the Euphrates. Palm is a difficult material to bend and fashion into barrels, however, and wine merchants in different regions experimented with different wood styles to find a better wood source. The use of oak has been prevalent in winemaking for at least two millennia, first coming into widespread use during the Roman empire. In time, winemakers discovered that beyond just storage convenience that wine kept in oak barrels took on properties that improved the wine by making it softer and in some cases better-tasting. Robert... |
