| Enjoy these 15 interesting facts about wine from | | | | 7. A glass of wine (about 4 oz.) contains about 85 |
| Rim Rock Ranch. | | | | calories. |
| 1. Although red wine can only be produced from | | | | 8. The wine industry generates more than |
| red grapes, white wine can be produced from | | | | 145,000 jobs in California. |
| both white and red grapes. | | | | 9. The phrase "rule of thumb" was first coined |
| 2. There are approximately 20 million acres of | | | | when brewers would dip a finger or thumb into |
| grapes planted across the world; thanks to this | | | | the liquid to determine the ideal temperature for |
| number, grapes are ranked as the world's number | | | | adding yeast, as they did not yet have |
| one fruit crop . | | | | thermometers. |
| 3. On average, there are about 75 grapes in each | | | | 10. The first corkscrew was invented in the |
| cluster. | | | | mid-1800s. |
| 4. Wine is considered more complex than blood | | | | 11. When Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii in |
| serum it has so many organic chemical | | | | volcanic lava, it buried more than 200 wine bars |
| compounds. | | | | with it. |
| 5. The shape of the shallow and wide-mouthed | | | | 12. Since the 1980's the number of commercial |
| Champagne or sparkling wine glass is widely | | | | wineries in the U.S. has tripled. |
| accepted to be a tribute to the "breast" of Marie | | | | 13. The world's leading cork producer is Portugal. |
| Antoinette, but the Greek's claim it is indeed a | | | | 14. One acre of grapevines equals about 800 |
| tribute to Helen of Troy. | | | | gallons of wine. |
| 6. Although the average life span of a grapevine is | | | | 15. A small portion of some of the best port |
| 25 years, grapevines are actually capable of | | | | wines are stilled produced by foot treading. |
| producing grapes for more than 100 years. | | | | |