White wine X French Fashion

France is the birthplace of wine. Wine has the history of two thousand years. It not only depicts the high quality of living in France, but it also influences the way of life in the worldwide. When we talk about France, the first thing we will think about is their culture of wine. For them, having wine is not just a kind of beverage, but it's their culture, enjoyment and a big part of their daily routine. French people drink when they are happy, sad, and for celebrating. That means they drink in every occasion.

The grading system in France is very strict. The wine labels are like their resume. There is producing areas, winery, particular time and even the type of the grapes. There are four levels of wine. The lowest level is called "Vins de Table" which is the best choice for normal family and it's the cheapest. The level above is "Vins de Pays" it's better than vins de table, and they also put the producing area on the label. Before the highest level, there is another one called "Vin Délimité de Qualité Supérieure". That is the most important procedure for Vins de pays to get into the highest level. The highest specification will be the AOC, there are only six AOC area in France. The origin of the grape varieties, the number of cultivation, brewing process, alcohol content, etc should be certified. The products of AOC can only use the grape from that area.

The very first glass of wine I have ever had is in Portugal, it was called the "Port". The most different thing from Port and other kinds of wine is, Port tastes sweet. Women would like it much. For me, I was a beginner of wine, therefore I like the Port so much. Also, there's a difference in wine of different years. For example, I tried Port of 2000 and Port of 1990, I thought I like the one in 2000 quite a lot, but after I tried the one of 1990, I totally changed my mind. The bartender served us some grapes and cheese. You might say it is weird to eat grapes and cheese in the same time, but actually it's the best taste I have ever had, with those snacks, I could taste the Port even better.

I spent two years in France, during these two years, I tasted all kinds of wine from all of the wine producing area. My host father always served us a bottle of wine in every meal. And he is very particular about different main dish should serve with white wine, red wine or even champagne. I learned this kind of knowledge a lot. And I found out that, a good glass of wine could make our dish even better! My favorite wine is the white wine for Alsace. Not like the other kind of wine, it tastes not only with the smell of the grapes, but also it's smoothly and unique.

Wine is a good beverage to make me feel leisure, but sometimes people don't respect their right of having alcohol, they drink as more as they can to show that they have good capacity for liquor. But this is not the purpose of having wine, we could enjoy the wine and be relaxing as long as we do nothing illegal.

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