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Taiwanese wine

Taiwanese wine is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Taiwanese wine rather than just read about it. In short: Taiwanese wine is grape wine made in Taiwan. History Independent winemaking was illegal in Taiwan for a long time due to the monopoly granted to the Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation.

Key takeaways

Taiwanese wine belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Taiwanese wine to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Taiwanese wine from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Taiwanese wine is grape wine made in Taiwan.

History Independent winemaking was illegal in Taiwan for a long time due to the monopoly granted to the Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation. Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation produced just one wine, a rosé. With liberalization following the end of military rule independent winemakers became legal in 2002 and in 2014 a Taiwanese wine won its first gold medal at an international competition. The primary grapes cultivated for winemaking in Taiwan are Black Queen and Golden Muscat which were both introduced to the country in the 1950s. The relative rarity and high quality of Taiwanese wines makes them particularly prized by Hong Kong collectors.

Wineries Although it was once largely lost Taiwan's indigenous winemaking culture is staging a comeback. Two of the most acclaimed wineries are Domaine Shu Sheng and Weightstone Vineyard Estate & Winery.

Characteristics Grape harvest in Taiwan is dictated by the typhoon season which means growers are sometimes forced to pick less than ripe fruit.

Awards and recognitions A red wine from Taichung was awarded a gold medal at the 25th Vinalies Internationales in France. In 2020 Taiwanese wines won two gold medals at the 26th Vinalies Internationales Competition.

As a market Because online sales of alcohol are for the most part illegal in Taiwan most sales happen at physical retail locations.

History Before the economic boom of the 1980s and 1990s there was little grape wine sold in Taiwan as people preferred hard alcohol, beer, and traditional non-grape wines. In 2016 French wine had a 46.7% market share, American wine had a 10.7% market share, and Chilean wine had a 9% market share. Older Taiwanese wine drinkers tend to prefer red wine while younger drinkers are more open to whites with many preferring them to reds. Consumption of sparkling wine has also been increasing. From 2014 to 2020 sparkling wine imports increased by 15% from 962,365 liters a year to 1.07 million liters a year. The popularity of wine has largely been driven by the youth and the business community who find a knowledge of wine indispensable when doing business abroad. Youth demand was mainly started by, and continues to be driven by, the wine based Japanese comic series Drops of God. After an issue with a mention of lesser known producer Château Mont-Pérat came out, a Taiwanese importer sold 50 cases of Mont-Pérat in two days. Sales of Umberto Cosmo's Colli di Conegliano Rosso also leaped 30% after being mentioned in the Manga series.

Organizations A number of organizations such as the Taiwan Wine Academy offer classes and training to both the public and aspiring wine professionals.

See also Agriculture in Taiwan Beer in Taiwan Japanese wine Taiwanese whisky

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Taiwanese wine

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Taiwanese wine claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Taiwanese wine before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Taiwanese wine ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Taiwanese wine

In research: Taiwanese wine appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Taiwanese wine in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Taiwanese wine is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Agriculture in Taiwan, Culture of Taiwan, Taiwanese drinks, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Taiwanese wine outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Taiwanese wine in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Taiwanese wine means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Taiwanese wine out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Taiwanese wine in simple terms?

Taiwanese wine is grape wine made in Taiwan. History Independent winemaking was illegal in Taiwan for a long time due to the monopoly granted to the Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation.

Why does Taiwanese wine matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Taiwanese wine?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Taiwanese wine.