Types Of Wine
Red Wines: these are made from black grapes fermented with grape skin. Seeds and stems. It is mainly bitter, in the mouth because of the excess tannin in it. White Wines: they are made from both white grapes and black grapes unlike the red wines the white wine are fermented without the skin of the grapes so only the clear grape juice is used, it has few tannin, acidic in nature which makes it crisp and tarty flavoured. Rose Wines: it is known by its pink colour and these is as a result of fermenting the black grape for a very short time it is very sweet because of its low tannin. Sparkling Wines: they are carbonated wines that is why they are called bubbly, you can relate to your carbonated drinks like fanta, coca-cola etc. . , they small pop ups they have when you open or shake them can be likened to this type of wine since both are carbonated products. Example of a popular wine under this category is the champagne. Dessert Wines: these are mainly low in alcohol content and are very sweet and usually drunk after meals. Fortified Wines: these are wines mixed with spirits like brandy
What Makes Wine Expensive
There are factors that makes wines expensive, which varies from the nation, time, where they are planted, the oak..etc but among all these there are 3 major factors which are the oak, time and terroir.
Oak: they are used in making barrels for wine fermentation and can be used for aging of wine. They impact the qualities of wine through evaporation or low level oxygen, they are expensive because only 2 barrels can be made from an 80 year old oak tree, french barrels cost twice as much as American barrels because of its high demand. Time:we all know the saying “the older the better” this assumption only applies to red wine, it is time that affects the taste of wine by reducing the acidity and tannin in a wine e. g Reserva Rioja and Barbaresco. The most coveted wines in the world age their wines in the oak and many use new. According to wine fully $1 per year is used for holding wines and storage because it takes up space and cost money. Terroir: where you plant your wines matters cause grapes do well in hilly lands and less fertile land and most wine makers because of these focus on reducing yields to produce grapes that are juicy and will make a tastier wine. $5 per bottle in additional cost as terroir becomes more scarce, the price usually jumps up by $5 cause regions are so small and in demand e. g Vosne-Romanee in Burgundy.
Most Expensive Wine
The most expensive wine are both Romanee-Conti 1945 and Screaming Eagele Cabernet Sauvignon 1992 There was only 600 bottles made of this Romanee- Conti 1945 wine which was sold to a collector in 2018 at a sale in New York estate of Robert and each of this cost $558,000 and for the fact that it is a french wine it is not a surprise since France has one of the best oak barrel in the world , Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 1992 was sold in the charity for a whooping $500,000 at Napa Valley, the wine was available for a limited time in 1995 and would have being sold more if not that it was for charity.
From how wines are made you could see the reasons most wines are expensive than the other and surprisingly they cost higher than a comfortable average home in the USA. Then you ask yourself is expensive wine worth spending your money for, well, for wine enthusiast it is and if you happen to offend anyone that fancy’s wine getting the person any bottle of expensive wine goes a long way in settling your disputes.
