Grapes (lat. Vitis) is a plant which comes from the Department of the angiosperms, dicotyledonous class, order vynogradivskyi, Vinogradova family, genus grapes. Fruits of the vine stand for clusters of pleasant berries.
The creeping plant is vines. In the first year after germination the seeds of grapes produce little shoots. The fruit of the grapes starts to bring only 4 years after growing the seed. Such an extended period is necessary since the Bush is formed by a steady circumcision to the minimum number of shoots.
Blossoms grapes are tiny, gathered in a complex brush or broom. The fruit of the creeping plant has a various form and also shade as a result of the various varieties: the color can be light-salads, crowded, pinkish-purple, blue, nearly black. Form they can look like tiny beads, balls or ovals.
Distinguish seedless grapes (seedless) and grapes with seeds. In the aggregate fruit of plants form a number. The length of the lot of grapes is little— approximately 10 cm, tool 10 to 20 centimeters, big— over 25 cm.
Choosing the grapes, you need to remember that brownish dots as well as coloring on it does not mean that it is mediocre. You need to comply with only those berries that were not damaged. In recent grapes on the surface of the skin is creamy colored patina. Grape selections with thick skins as well as firm flesh, and also with loose brush managed better. While dark-colored is older than light.
Now there are more than 8000 grape selections.
The most widely known ranges:
- Muscat— a team of grape ranges with a solid characteristic («nutmeg») scent of berries, reminiscent of musk.
- Riesling— white grape as well as the white wine made from it.
- Feteasca— technical type of grapes and also white wine from this range.
- Isabella, an American grape, berries black, with mucous pulp and strange scent, ripen late, are consumed fresh; made use of in wine making. Recently, in connection with a high web content of methanol in white wines created from this range, are unlawful in commercial wine making in the United States as well as the Euro countriessoyfor.
To taste the grape selections are separated into 4 teams:
- Ordinary preference. Is a combination of pleasant and acid, in various percentages, without any other distinctive features. Among the grape varieties with an average preference sometimes separated team of varieties with a neutral taste, which is often called «simple».
- Muscat taste. The preference and fragrance of basically plainly pronounced color of nutmeg.
- Nightshade preference. There is a grassy flavor evocative the taste of the berries of nightshade.
Isabelly preference. Felt essentially highly noticable particular taste, rather evocative blackcurrant, strawberry or pineapple. This inherent taste for berries of all the selections of American varieties Vitis labrusca L., a normal agent of which is a prevalent cultivar Isabella (for this reason the name «isabelly»). Varieties with isabelina taste commonly have a lining of the pulp.
Caloric web content of grapes is 65 kcal per 100 grams of product.
Grapes are an excellent corrective and also tonic. In fruits of grapes consist of sugar, cellulose, natural acids, ascorbic acid, vitamin b, pectin compounds, micronutrient, enzymes. It is developed that the grape has a stimulating result on the bone marrow. It enhances the function of the hematopoietic organs. Grapes— excellent resource of potassium.
A glass of grape juice includes the day-to-day need of b vitamins. Grapes consist of a rather huge amount of vitamin C that is soaked up particularly well, due to the fact that each grape has an impressive dose of vitamin P, which assists the body preserve and also take in vitamin C.
Grapes as well as grape juice are recommended for illness of the stomach tract, come with by lowered secretion of gastric juice. Grapes are really beneficial in severe inflammatory processes of the respiratory system tract, bronchial asthma as well as pleurisy. Grape berries or juice— is an efficient means of therapy of numerous diseases of the cardiovascular system.
Red grapes, because it included a great deal of antioxidants-polyphenols-flavonoids: anthocyanins, tannins, catechins, anthocyanidins, resveratrol, dihydroquercetin, stabilizes heart price, arterial blood pressure, enhances blood and also boosts hemoglobin level. Normalizes liver, assists to cleanse the body of built up toxic substances, enhances total body tone and also aids to rapidly recoup after stress and anxiety and also physical stress.
Grapes in food preparation
Several Housewives grapes utilized in the preparation of various salads, jellies, syrups, jams, it is dried to acquire raisins, included in baked goods, they embellish desserts, light snacks, and so on