The year of Italian wine

Wine is not as good as it gets older. Most white wine and sparkling wine are not suitable for long-term storage. The condition of red wine is slightly better. Most of them can be stored for more than one year, but it does not mean that the longer the wine is, the better. It depends on the grape variety, place of origin, grade of wine and other factors. Moreover, it should be noted that the storage of wine requires specific temperature and humidity conditions. If these conditions cannot be guaranteed, it is difficult to guarantee the quality of wine. When talking about the year of wine, we should not only know whether the wine produced in a certain year is better or worse, but also understand that different types of wine will have different life cycles, that is, "growth period", "maturity period" and "decline period". Therefore, for two bottles of red wine of different ages, the older one is not necessarily better than the younger one. In fact, the year refers to the weather conditions of grape planting in that year, and the weather varies from place to place, so different countries, regions and producing areas have their own best year, which can not be generalized. So if someone tells you that the wine of 1990 is the best, he / she must be a wine idiot / snob. The following is the vintages of some major wines in Italy from 1992 to 2003: * indicates that the vintages are not qualified, * * * indicates that the vintages are fair, * * * indicates that the vintages are good, * * * indicates that the vintages are very good, * * * * * indicates that the vintages are very good.)