10 facts about wine

2. Initially, the Festival of Beaujolais was launched on November 15, but in 1985, it was changed. On Thursday, was changed to the weekend because everyone wants a break and enjoy the carnival atmosphere was perfect.

3. Wine is one of those wines are produced and sold in the year of harvest, right after fermentation.

4. According to the encyclopedia of Oxford's alcohol drinking traditions, then started a long time ago about the 19th century. As soon as the "wine of the year" are complete fermentation in the barrel then it will be shipped to the near Lyons, where the new wine is provided to the neighbouring villages.

5. In the 1960s and 70s, the wine began to be widely consumed in France, due to marketing experience wise. Alcohol is the elephant transport, air balloon. Wine stamped in small bottles.

6. Wine is made from the Gamay grape in Beaujolais are grown Handpicked.

7. easy to drink wine is due to fermentation by ripen or carbonic maceration. This helps the grape extract is better.

8. There are more than 100 festivals related to the ensuing wines are held in the Beaujolais region. The most famous festival, Les Sarmentelles, held in Beaujeu, the capital of wine, lasting for several days. The winner of the annual wine tasting competition to be the amount of alcohol more than his weight.

9. More than half of the wine consumed in France. In addition to markets such as Japan, Germany and the United States also consume a lot of wine.

10. Many people say that the wine has run out of golden age because of declining sales. The amount of sales in the uk fell from 742,000 bottles in 1999 to 107,000 in 2011.=