Goosecross: Wine Trivia du Jour

July 23, 2009 by  
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A standard 60-gallon wine barrel holds:

a) 150 bottles

b) 300 bottles

c) 500 bottles

d) 1000 bottles

Whattaya think? 

And, did you know that up to 5% of the wine, aging in the barrels, is lost to evaporation, annually? Yup! It’s called the “Angel’s Share” ;-)

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