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Types of wine according to Colour, Sweetness, body etc

Types of wine according to Colour, Sweetness, body etc Wine classification according to color Generally the must or the pulp juice of grapes is not colored, but the skin has the pigments in it. So by the presence of the colored skins in the fermentation process decides the color of wine. The extent to which the wine is exposed to contact with skin decides the color of wine. Generally the sub-classification of the wines can be done according to the variety of grape used to prepare the wine. ü     White wines: White wine is generally prepared from white or green grapes. The color varies from clear to yellowish tint. White wines may also be prepared from the red or black grapes by avoiding the contact of skins and stems with the must juice. ü     Red wines: On the other hand red wine is prepared from red or black grapes. The skins which are generally rich in the pigments are allowed to stay for some days with the must in the beginning of fermen...

Sur and Asur: Explanation of ancient terminologies though wine and alcohol

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India, Alcohol and Wine: Indians are familiar with fermentation and alcoholic drinks from thousands of years. The words  Sura, Surayi, Madira, Madya, etc.  have been abundantly used in the literature which could relate to alcoholic drinks. To mention specially, these habits and description of them mainly referred as taboo, and used to differentiate  ‘Sur’  and  ‘Asur’   or good and bad people from ancient literature. Surai showing  elongated pouring pipe or spout (Image Source: Internet) Sur: The Decent People ‘ Sura ’ or  ‘Surai’  is a big kettle like vessel in which ancient people use to leave their fruits. The microorganisms present in surrounding air, used to ferment these fruits to produce mixture of fermented fruits and alcoholic liquid. From the elongated pouring pipe or spout of  ‘Surai´  consumer used get the filtered alcoholic drinks in other vessels. Concentration of alcohol was comparatively le...