All About Wine

I was at a wine tasting party recently and learned a little bit about wine and tasted several great red wines! When you pour a glass of wine you never actually think about the color, the smell, and what it really tastes like. Here are a few new facts I learned about the tasty beverage:

1 - Age of vine before producing useful grapes? 3 years
2 - Age of vine before full production? 5 years
3 - Gapes in a bottle? 500-600!
4 - Pounds of grapes produced by one vine? 8-12
5 - Glasses per acre? 16,000
6 - Calories in a 5 ounce glass of dry wine? 100-125 cal
7 - Carbs in a 5 ounce glass of dry wine? 1-2
8 - Cost of an acre of new vineyard in Napa Valley? $120,000
9 - Cost of American oak barrel? $300-500
10-Productive lifetime of a vine? 30-35 yrs.

Pretty interesting! Hope you learned something today :)