- The first wines produced were credited to the Mesopotamians in 6,000 B.C.
- There are over 10,000 varieties of wine grapes that exist in the word today.
- To make a bottle of wine, you need about 1.13 kilograms of grapes.
- Of all commercially produced wine in the world, about 98 percent is consumed within a week of purchase.
- Wine is 86 percent water, 11.2 percent alcohol, and 2.8 percent other substances. Experts say that over 250 compounds have been identified within that 2.8 percent.
