GEOG 4054 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: List Of Grape Varieties, Sin Tax, Port Wine
24 Jan 2017
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Diffusion: grapes are grown mostly in tempered regions; wine grapes are a specific subspecies of grapes. 10,000 bc to now; subspecies of grapes have diffused all over the world. Wine is an economic activity of huge monetary value. Grapes are the most grown fruit on planet earth. Wine is one of the biggest produced agricultural products on earth. Wine is a money maker & intriguing commodity exchanged between societies & cultures. More wine is being made now than last year, can say that for the past 3,000 years. Per capita consumption europeans consume the most wine. 51/52 liters per person a year in france & italy. A liter a week per person in france. 50% of the (cid:449)orld"s (cid:449)i(cid:374)e (cid:449)ill (cid:271)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)su(cid:373)ed i(cid:374) (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1005)(cid:1007) (cid:271)y: usa (12%) China is getting into the wine industry. Every state has at least 2 wineries. 2014: per capita wine consumption was 3. 14.
