Wine can be both very simple and incredibly complex. It’s an alcoholic drink made by fermenting grape juice. Most wine as we know it is made with grapes, but it can technically be made from other fruits too, such as apples, blueberries and strawberries. Why have grapes become the standard? There are two main reasons. Grapes contain acids – malic, tartaric and citric acids – that preserve…
Like many of us, tech reporter Bianca Bosker saw wine as a way to unwind at the end of a long day, or a nice thing to have with dinner and that was about it. Until she stumbled on an alternate universe where taste reigned supreme, a world in which people could, after a single sip of wine, identify the grape it was made from, in what year, and where it was produced down to the exact location, wi…