HTM 4050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Old World Wine, Vitis Vinifera, Dessert Wine

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Hospitality and Tourism Management
• Course: HTM 4050
• Professor: Bruce Mc Adams

Document Summary

Old world : vinifera grapes transplanted to europe from persia, ancient greeks, roman empire and the spreading of the vines, wines in many parts of europe have been made the same way from 100"s and 1000"s of years. Countries france, italy, spain, portugal, greece, germany, etc: historically, wines have been made and referred to by the region (ex. Champagne: evolved in accompaniment to local food, less technology/advancement/consistency, more about tradition/place/food, most regions have their own dessert wine and sparkling wine, many wines historically made for trade with britain. = grapes picked earlier, less fruit forwardness in wine: old world moving to more varietal specific wines (ex. Spain: new world creating regions based on terroir (ex.