My question is to those more familiar with the technology of winemaking. I bought both homemade wines and from a store. The difference is so great that it looks like two completely different drinks. Homemade wine literally smells and tastes like grapes and does not have the typical sour taste that kupeshki have. Even the characteristic precipitate of grape substances is sometimes obtained. It is not a question of a different quality at all, but of a radically different taste and a radically different drink. As long as the kupeshko is sour, even if I drink more than 1 glass, I get heartburn. It is clear and much finer as a liquid, not cloudy like homemade. And most importantly, the home warms even from just half a glass and the way you feel is completely different. It relaxes you, warms you and makes you very light and pleasant. These feelings are not present in the coupes. I tried different wines, incl. and a little more expensive for about BGN 20-30 a bottle out of pure curiosity with the hope that at least they are made of real grapes. Not that it's super expensive, but still. I drank wine in Spain, they are better than ours, but they are still not like home. What caused this Aren't even the slightly more expensive ones made from grapes? Or is the technology different? Are there any at all that resemble pets? And if there are, are they very expensive? Does industrial technology have anything to do with domestic technology at all? In my opinion, wine is wine and it is the fermentation of grapes. Unless they do it directly with alcohol. But do they do it even in Spain? I don't understand why they are so different. Even I, who do not understand guilt, feel a striking difference. Not that it's super expensive, but still. I drank wine in Spain, there are better than ours, but still not like home. What caused this? Aren't even the slightly more expensive ones made from grapes? Or is the technology different? Are there any at all that resemble pets? And if there are, are they very expensive? Does industrial technology have anything to do with domestic technology at all? In my opinion, wine is wine and it is the fermentation of grapes. Unless they do it directly with alcohol. But do they do it even in Spain? I don't understand why they are so different. Even I, who do not understand guilt, feel a striking difference. Not that it's super expensive, but still. I drank wine in Spain, there are better than ours, but still not like home. What caused this? Aren't even the slightly more expensive ones made from grapes? Or is the technology different? Are there any at all that resemble pets? And if there are, are they very expensive? Does industrial technology have anything to do with domestic technology at all? In my opinion, wine is wine and it is the fermentation of grapes. Unless they do it directly with alcohol. But do they do it even in Spain? I don't understand why they are so different. Even I, who do not understand guilt, feel a striking difference. What caused this? Aren't even the slightly more expensive ones made from grapes? Or is the technology different? Are there any at all that resemble pets? And if there are, are they very expensive? Does industrial technology have anything to do with domestic technology at all? In my opinion, wine is wine and it is the fermentation of grapes. Unless they do it directly with alcohol. But do they do it even in Spain? I don't understand why they are so different. Even I, who do not understand guilt, feel a striking difference. What caused this? Aren't even the slightly more expensive ones made from grapes? Or is the technology different? Are there any at all that resemble pets? And if there are, are they very expensive? Does industrial technology have anything to do with domestic technology at all? In my opinion, wine is wine and it is the fermentation of grapes. Unless they do it directly with alcohol. But even in Spain do they do so? I don't understand why they are so different. Even I, who do not understand guilt, feel a striking difference.
1 drsidneyschapiro answered
"In my opinion, wine is wine and it is the fermentation of grapes." Wine is grapes, the process of fermentation, barrel and ripening time. The grapes themselves depend on everything you can think of. How wet was the year, the soil, the altitude, the slope of the soil, how the sun burned it, is it close to the sea, groundwater and others. And then you have a huge number of varieties. When the wine is harvested, the right bunches must be selected. The best producers select a very small percentage of the grapes, making a good collection, and the rest goes to ... not so prestigious bottles. Then the sugar in the wine is measured and depending on how much it is and what results you want to achieve, and then follows the fermentation process, which also requires specialized care. Then it is important how you store the wine. This also makes a big difference, but most home producers use plastic containers, which is one of the reasons you feel the wine a little differently compared to the mass "kupeshko". And it is also very important there - what kind of wood it is, what kind of wine there was in it before, in what kind of room it is stored ... Unfortunately, this is often missed. Few people have the patience (and the place in particular) to keep their wine that way for years. The rotten wines are from companies, they buy tens of tons of grapes, load them in trucks, mix them hard, make no selection at all, filter, no matter how much someone is poisoned, add "aids", add their aromas, just and only , to "smear" them. Some ferment for a few days, kept in unwashed metal containers, where they have the aroma of each harvest of the year in which they were put into operation, they flash their corks with aromas and reinforce them directly to the shops. Wine for 20-30 leva is not a guarantee that it will be good. In Italy there are also wines for 3-4 euros, which rely on the fact that they are Italian, and they reach us for 25-30 levs per bottle, but they are the same garbage. In general, you will not find good wine in a store like Billa. Know that the best wines are quite expensive because they are kept in barrels for a long time, picked by hand, discarded a large part of the grapes and take far greater care. Ask one of your friends where they do it themselves. They spend dozens or even hundreds of hours a year in this and everyone will tell you that there is a "masterpiece", and that is where the secret of good wine lies (after good pride, of course). they flash their corks with aromas and reinforce them directly to the shops. Wine for 20-30 leva is not a guarantee that it will be good. In Italy there are also wines for 3-4 euros, which rely on the fact that they are Italian, and they reach us for 25-30 levs per bottle, but they are the same garbage. In general, you will not find good wine in a store like Billa. Know that the best wines are quite expensive because they are kept in barrels for a long time, picked by hand, discarded a large part of the grapes and take far greater care. Ask one of your friends where they do it themselves. They spend dozens or even hundreds of hours a year in this and everyone will tell you that there is a "skill", and that is where the secret of good wine lies (after good pride, of course). they flash their corks with aromas and reinforce them directly to the shops. Wine for 20-30 leva is not a guarantee that it will be good. In Italy there are also wines for 3-4 euros, which rely on the fact that they are Italian, and they reach us for 25-30 levs per bottle, but they are the same garbage. In general, you will not find good wine in a store like Billa. Know that the best wines are quite expensive because they are kept in barrels for a long time, picked by hand, discarded a large part of the grapes and take far greater care. Ask one of your friends where they do it themselves. They spend dozens and even hundreds of hours a year in this and everyone will tell you that there is a "skill", and that is where the secret of good wine lies (after good pride, of course). that will be nice. In Italy there are also wines for 3-4 euros, which rely on the fact that they are Italian, and they reach us for 25-30 levs per bottle, but they are the same garbage. In general, you will not find good wine in a store like Billa. Know that the best wines are quite expensive because they are kept in barrels for a long time, picked by hand, discarded a large part of the grapes and take far greater care. Ask one of your friends where they do it themselves. They spend dozens or even hundreds of hours a year in this and everyone will tell you that there is a "skill", and that is where the secret of good wine lies (after good pride, of course). that will be nice. In Italy there are also wines for 3-4 euros, which rely on the fact that they are Italian, and they reach us for 25-30 levs per bottle, but they are the same garbage. In general, you will not find good wine in a store like Billa. Know that the best wines are quite expensive because they are kept in barrels for a long time, picked by hand, discarded a large part of the grapes and take far greater care. Ask one of your friends where they do it themselves. They spend dozens or even hundreds of hours a year in this and everyone will tell you that there is a "skill", and that is where the secret of good wine lies (after good pride, of course). you will not find. Know that the best wines are quite expensive because they are kept in barrels for a long time, picked by hand, discarded a large part of the grapes and take far greater care. Ask one of your friends where they do it themselves. They spend dozens and even hundreds of hours a year in this and everyone will tell you that there is a "skill", and that is where the secret of good wine lies (after good pride, of course). you will not find. Know that the best wines are quite expensive because they are kept in barrels for a long time, picked by hand, discarded a large part of the grapes and take far greater care. Ask one of your friends where they do it themselves. They spend dozens or even hundreds of hours a year in this and everyone will tell you that there is a "skill", and that is where the secret of good wine lies (after good pride, of course).