Italian wines
Italian wine facts
CALORIES
Five ounces of wine (red or white) contains approximately 100 calories.
GRAPE VARIETIES
10,000 varieties of wine grapes exist worldwide
POMPEII
When Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii in volcanic lava in A.D. 79, it also buried more than 200 wine bars
NECTAR OF THE GODS
Wine is often called the nectar of the gods, but Sangiovese is the only grape named after a god. Sangiovese means "Blood of Jove"
COMPLEXITY
Wine has so many organic chemical compounds it is considered more complex than blood serum
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