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By the first 100 years A.D., wine was being exported from Italy to Spain, Germany, and France. It wasen't long before these countries ended up developing their own vineyards. Over the next few centries France had become the dominant producer of wines on the world market. Monastaries are known to have been reponsible for establishing several of the most sought after wines in the vineyards of France. Exploration and settlement brought wine to Mexico, Argentina, and South Africa in the 1500's and 1600's. Considered to be the father of the California Wine Industry, Jean-Louis Vignes planted the first European wine vines in northern California. He founded the Buena Vista Winery in 1857, which boasts 1,000 acres of vineyards in both Sonoma and Napa counties, and produces over half a million bottles of wine per year!
Made from fermented grape juice, wine is classified into 3 basic types: Natural, Sparkling, & Fortified. Natural wines may be Red, White, & Rose, and be classified in taste as Dry, Medium, or Sweet. Sparkling wines are given a 2nd fermatation in which added yeast eats up the sugar in the wine and produces carbon dioxide to give the wine a carbonated nature, much like soda pop. Tiny bubbles noticed in sparkling wines are from this natural process, while larger bubbles indicate carbon dioxide was added by machine. Fortified wines, such as Port, Sherry, Marsala, Vermouth, Maderia, Muscat, and Sangria, were made to have a longer shelf life. While there are spirits that are made from wine, the fortification process is created by when alcohol is added to the wine, thus killing the yeast before the fermintation process is completed, which leaves residual sugar. The higher levels of alcohol and sweetness help to preserve the wine longer. Wine is usually aged for several years in wood barrels, allowing the wood to influence the characteristics of the wine from taste, color, depth, complexity, and so on.
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Water 2 Wine
109 Waterview Parkway 103, Boerne, TX 78006 Map
830 249-1100
Comfort Cellars Winery
723 Front St, Comfort, TX 78013 Map
830 995-3274
Singing Water Vineyards
316 Mill Dam Road, Comfort, TX 78013 Map
830 995-2246
Dry Comal Creek Vineyards
1741 Herbelin Road, New Braunfels, TX 78132 Map
830 885-4121
Poteet Country Winery
400 Tank Hollow Road, Poteet, TX 78065 Map
830 276-8085
Three Dudes Winery
19577 San Marcos Highway, San Marcos, TX 78666 Map
512 392-9808
Sister Creek Vineyards
1142 Sisterdale Road, Sisterdale, TX 78006 Map
830 324-6704
Wimberley Valley Winery
14100 Ranch Road 12, Wimberley, TX 78676 Map
512 847-2592
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