Giorgio Castiglioni

Giorgio Castiglioni


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"Size Matters" Wine Bottle Sizes
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Bottle Sizes Wine for commercial use can be packaged in various size containers; bag in a box, tetra packs and recently there have been discussions for plastics bottles (ouch). The most traditional way to package wine is in glass bottles, from clear to assorted shades of green, yellow and brown glass. Sizes range from 250ml to 6000ml, with all other sizes in between.... (posted by Giorgio 3 years 62 days ago.)
Wine 101 - Part 1 What Is Wine?

The first known wines date back to 6,000BC and are thought to have originated in what is now Israel, Georgia and Iran. Making its first European debut approx 4,500BC in what is now Greece wine quickly became a common drink in ancient Greece and Rome with the modern word wine deriving from "winam", an early borrowing from the Latin "vinum" meaning wine or grape . Wine is made from fermented grape juice. The chemical... (posted by Giorgio 3 years 62 days ago.)