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In an exper iment conducted in 2001 at the Un ivers i ty ofBordeaux , every one of the 54 undergraduates in wine makingand tast ing thought they were tast ing a red wine whi le i t wasactua l ly a dyed whi te wine . Fur thermore , when compar ingident ica l w ine of d i f fe rent p r ices , exper ts raved about theexpens ive wine whi le panning the cheap wine .
The wor ld ’s o ldest person at t r ibuted her r ipe o ld age (122) to ad iet o f o l ive o i l , por t w ine and 1kg of chocolate per week .
The anc ient Greeks had a wine g lass to ensure the dr inker ’smoderat ion . I f w ine was poured above a cer ta in leve l , the cupspi l led i ts ent i re contents out of the bot tom.
Dur ing the proh ib i t ion , g rape ju ice mix was so ld wi th thewarn ing “Af ter d isso lv ing the br ick in a ga l lon of water , do notp lace the l iqu id in a jug away in the cupboard for twenty days ,because then i t would turn in to wine . ”
Ancient Egypt ians deve loped the wine labe l .
The Swedish former phys ica l educat ion teacher , R ichard Juh l inhas the best nose for w ine (champagne spec i f ica l ly ) and infamous b l ind tast ing of 2003 , a r ranged by Spectac le du Monde ,he cor rect ly ident i f ied 43 of 50 wines . The one who came insecond cor rect ly ident i f ied on ly four .
Al l Roya l Navy vesse ls wish ing to enter The Por t o f London arest i l l requ i red to g ive a g i f t o f a bar re l o f rum or wine toConstab le of the Tower of London upon ent ry .
The o ldest p reserved bot t le o f w ine is near ly 1700 years o ldand i t i s on d isp lay in a German museum.
The custom of bumping g lasses wi th a “cheers” g reet ing camefrom o ld Rome where they used th is method to make sure noone is t ry ing to po ison the other (bumping g lasses makes thedr ink sp i l l f rom one cup to the other ) . Th is t rad i t ion s tar tedeven ear l ie r in anc ient Greece – where the host was to dr inkthe f i rs t cup of w ine to show h is guests he does not in tend topo ison them.
