Page 22 - Boca Club News - March '24

Page 22, Boca Club News
Grape Expectations: 10 Interesting

Wine Facts You May Not Know!

By Ed Wolfarth, who recently twists. Don’t ask me why six does the trick but try four or wine; you need to add water. Duh! The proper way is half
moved to South Florida after five. Of course, more may also work. I always wondered ice and half water and drop the bottle into the icy water
retiring with his wife, Vicki, as if Cava, Cremant or Prosecco producers got together and with full contact. You can even add salt.
Professor of Sports Sciences & agreed to make their cages open with a minimum of six 7. Women are actually better than men as tasters of
Physical Education at both Queens turns! wine due to their superior sense of smell. Many studies
College and Hofstra University. He Or did this happen by chance? Anyway, six is the have shown that women have more taste buds on their
is a nationally ranked senior tennis answer. And yes, remove the cork gradually, holding it tongues and 43 % more cells and neurons in the olfactory
player and long-time USPTA Elite away from you and your guests. part of the brain that receives signals from the nose. Go
Teaching Professional. Ed has 2. When in restaurants ordering a glass of wine, you figure! These supertasters simply can detect smells and
written many educational and tennis articles in the past. only get five to six ounces. The industry standard used to tastes more readily.
Over the past few years, Ed has turned his hobby of wine be an eight-ounce pour but obviously hard times prevail. 8. Poor quality soil tends to produce better wine. This is
collecting into a way of continuing his passion for writing, With 25.4 ounces in a standard 750 ML bottles–well, do complicated. Soil affects drainage and root density. Sandy
and has written on the subject for publications. As a self- the math. I have noticed, however, that at Happy Hour you soil can produce elegant wines with high aromatics, pale
proclaimed “wine snob,” he has collaborated on many may get an exuberant bartender filling your glass. Make color and low tannins. Sandy soils drain well and retain
wine lists for private clubs and a few restaurants. Ed can sure you tip appropriately. heat. In addition, sandy soils have a higher resistance to
be reached at wolfarthe@msn.com. 3. If a California wine label says it’s Cabernet pests. Clay soils usually produce heavier wines with more
1. It takes exactly six turns to open a bottle of sparkling Sauvignon, it needs to be only 75% of that grape. The color and extract. Spain’s Rioja and Burgundy’s Pinot Noir
wine. The wine pressure in a bottle of Champagne can other 25% can be anything else. Most of these Cabs are are good examples of fine wines made from grapes with
be as much as 90PSI. That’s three times the pressure in actually blends. The other grapes–i.e.; Cab Franc, Merlot, limestone-rich clay soils. I wouldn’t grow vegetables on
your tires. In order to open it without any flying corks you Syrah—are included to add color, alcohol, viscosity or these soils, however.
need to hold the bottle on its side first. Then remove the body to the final product. 9. The custom of “bumping” glasses with a “Cheers”
foil wrapping. Then untwist the metal cage using six half 4. White wines gain color as they age, while red wines greeting came from old Rome, where they used this
lose color! The color of wine indicates age, grape variety, method to make sure no one was trying to poison the
flavor density and acidity. Color is often determined by the other! This tradition started even earlier in Greece, where
method of vinification and the time the must is in contact the host was to drink the first cup of wine to show his
with the skins of the grapes. You can tell a lot by carefully guests he didn’t intend to poison them.
observing the color in a glass of wine. 10. Wines are fat-free and contain few calories. There
5. Two new studies have shown that polyphenols in are approximately 100 to 130 calories in a five-ounce glass
wine and chocolate increase blood flow and oxygen of red wine. Of course, this varies with the amount of
to the brain, boosting cognitive ability. The effect gets alcohol and type of grape. There are many health benefits
even more beneficial as you age since there is a natural to drinking a glass of red wine. You may have heard of
reduction in blood supply around the brain later in life. resveratrol; studies have shown that hearing loss was
All the more reason to have a glass of “medicine” and a greatly reduced by including this extract found in grape
little dessert every chance you get. skins. Many diseases are alleviated due to resveratrol’s
6. Putting salt in the ice bucket will chill white wine ability to reduce free radicals and bioinflammation, a
and sparkling wines faster. Ice melts faster in salty water, precursor to many health issues.
making for more freezing water in contact with the wine 11. And a bonus fact: Extra dry champagne or any
bottle. One of my pet peeves at restaurants is the improper sparkling wine is sweeter than Brut or dry. Go figure!
way wait staffers present the bottle in an ice bucket. Trying If you have any questions or suggestions for future
to stuff a bottle on top of ice cubes does nothing to chill articles, please contact me at wolfarthe@msn.com.
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