All About Wine | Sleep Documentary

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Olimpia Pérez

History, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Documentary

4.5 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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For tonight's talk, I invite you to explore the history of wine from the very beginning, including the history of famous wine regions like Bordeaux and Champagne. I explain the most important elements that distinguish the styles of wines, the varieties of grapes, and the terroirs, as well as a few tips about tasting, storage, and how to make the best of it! Timestamps: 00:00 All About Wine 04:11 What is wine? 07:26 Discovery of fermentation 10:18 Ancient Egypt and the Phoenicians 16:14 Wine in Ancient Greece 19:13 The Romans 23:54 Wine in China and the Rest of the World 31:35 The Plantagenets and the Rise of Bordeaux 40:04 Champagne 48:39 Red, White, Rosé, and Sweet Wines 1:00:32 Aging , storage, and tasting Welcome to Lights Out Library Join me for a sleepy adventure tonight. Sit back, relax, and fall asleep to documentary-style stories read in a calming voice. Learn something new while you enjoy a restful night of sleep. Listen ad free and get access to bonus content on our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/LightsOutLibrary621⁠⁠⁠ Listen on Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LightsOutLibraryov⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ¿Quieres escuchar en Español? Echa un vistazo a La Biblioteca de los Sueños! En Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1t522alsv5RxFsAf9AmYfg⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ En Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/la-biblioteca-de-los-sue%C3%B1os-documentarios-para-dormir/id1715193755⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ En Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LaBibliotecadelosSuenosov⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm so glad you've joined me on Lights Out Library tonight.
0:06.3	If you'd like to listen ad-free and unlock bonus episodes, then please consider joining our Patreon.
0:14.6	There's a link for it in the episode description.
0:18.6	Now, a quick word from our our sponsors before tonight's story begins.
0:27.6	Hello everyone. I'm Olympia. Thank you for being here with me in this wonderful place called
0:35.8	Lights Out Library. And I have a great story to tell you.
0:42.1	This is the last story of the year. I will take a tiny break for the holidays, but I will be back with more interesting stories in the new year.
0:53.0	My wish is for all to have your very best year yet.
0:58.8	So tonight we have a long story about wine.
1:03.1	We will touch on many aspects of it,
1:06.0	its history, its elaboration, geography,
1:10.0	cultural importance, and also more practical things,
1:15.2	like how to approach wine out of curiosity and just for pleasure.
1:20.6	Learning about wine and tasting is like a journey.
1:24.6	You can never reach the end of your exploration of tastes in all their varieties,
1:30.3	textures, regions of origin, or elaboration techniques. But I would like to make it as
1:37.5	approachable and easy to understand as possible. Because there is sometimes a form of snobbery that comes with wine consumption, and that
1:49.2	can be off-putting.
1:51.4	But it is just a drink.
1:53.8	So I'm going to assume you know nothing, which is fine, and we'll go from the basics of
1:59.9	understanding where wine comes from.
2:03.6	There's going to be a lot of history tonight, too, and we'll also cover the various kinds of
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