National Wine Day is celebrated annually on May 25th. Cathy Isom lets you know why you’ll want to raise your glass, or two, and cheer the humble grape. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours.
National Wine Day
From: National Day Calendar
National Wine Day – May 25th
National Wine Day is celebrated annually on May 25. Each year, on this day, people enjoy a glass of their favorite wine with dinner, for dessert, with friends, at a restaurant, at home or at a wine-tasting event. Wine has a rich history dating back thousands of years! (There is also a separate, yet similar, National Drink Wine Day which is celebrated each year in February)
“Wine is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented grapes or other fruits. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, water, or other nutrients. Yeast consumes the sugars in the grapes and converts them into alcohol. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts produce different types of wine. The well-known variations result from the very complex interactions between the biochemical development of the fruit, reactions involved in fermentation, and human intervention in the overall process. The final product may contain tens of thousands of chemical compounds in amounts varying from a few percent to a few parts per billion.
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