Wineries (ETW building)
| Wineries | |
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| Category: | Wine |
| Level: | 1 |
| Turns to build: | 2 |
| Building cost: | 1000 |
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| Requires | |
 Vineyards | |
| Technology | |
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| Enables | |
 Wine Estates | |
A winery takes the product of several vineyards and produces wine on a large scale, shipping much of it in casks to distant markets.
Glass is expensive, and it is better to ship casks to market and then have the consignment bottled by wine merchants to suit local tastes. The casks can then be broken down for easy shipment back for refilling. The maturing process in the casks is a happy accident that improves the flavour of the wine!
The 18th Century was a period when food adulteration was common – whitening flour with chalk, for example – and wine was no exception. Watering was the least offensive and probably safest practice, as the alcohol would kill infectious parasites and germs in the water. Also common was the practice of sweetening wine by adding various chemicals, including lead. Lead was known to be poisonous, but without legislation to protect customers, there was nothing that could be done to stop vintners adding whatever they wanted to wine.