Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, on Jun. 2015
Science and art of producing wines
The science and art of producing wines is called oenology, that is, oenology deals with studying, investigate everything inherent in this popular drink to produce it.
Wine is one of the most popular and consumed alcoholic beverages in the world
Wine is undoubtedly one of the most popular and consumed alcoholic beverages in the world and for example, around it there is a fantastic industry that was developing step by step since its discovery and that of course it was adapting to changes, discoveries and obviously included the technological advances that were developed especially so that its production grow and grow around the world.
For example, today, the wine industry is one of the most important and the one that brings the greatest dividends to those territories that have known how to exploit it greatly.
In the elaboration of a wine several phases and knowledge intervene that the oenology specialist must know
In the elaboration
of a wine several phases or stages intervene, the obtaining of the raw materials, the elaboration itself, the analysis, the storage, the conservation, bottled and finally the commercialization of variety.Meanwhile, it is in all these questions that he intervenes and understands the discipline of oenology, meanwhile, the winemaker is called professional ideal, which was formed with the purpose of all this, and of course, it intervenes at all or some of these levels.
But this with respect to the elaboration, there are also other knowledge that the oenologist must have and that are basic for the development successful in his profession, such is the case of the aroma (vegetable, floral, fruity), the appearance (bright, frizzy, fluffy), the sensations that produces (warm, dry, rough, robust, etc.), the strains that exist (pink, ink, white) and the characteristic temperatures of each varietal.
Then, whoever wishes to dedicate himself to this activity must be trained in the aforementioned issues. There are universities that dictate the training of oenology, for example, in the province of Mendoza, in Argentina, undoubtedly one of the cradles of world wine production, there is a institution academic training that trains professionals in this sense, and graduates of the bachelor's degree can effectively and adequately intervene in the elaboration and also in the control of quality of wine production.
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