National Drink Wine Day

Now here’s a day we all can enjoy, assuming you are 21 or older, of course. Today is National Drink Wine Day, a February 18 holiday. Go down to the wine cellar, or the nearest liquor store, and select a very fine wine. Or, go rent a limo and go on a winery tour.

We all know that apples were the first fruit, in the garden of Eden. Grapes were most likely there, too. It was probably soon after, that wine was discovered.  This author envisions an early Cave Man, finding some grapes that he had stored in his cave. His kids had accidentally stomped on them sometime before while playing in the cave. Food was scarce back then. Our Cave Man drank the juice lying in a puddle on the shelf, and the rest is history! 

It takes a lot of grapes to make wine…..

• 1 wine barrel contains 60 gallons of wine.
• 60 gallons of wine makes 25 cases.
• 375 cases weigh 5 tons.
• One vine produces 3 bottles of wine.
• One vine produces 30 clusters of grapes.
• 10 clusters of grapes makes 1 bottle of wine.
• 100 grape vines produce 1 barrel of wine.