Wine
is an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of the juice of
fruits, usually grapes. Although a number of other fruits — such
as plum, elderberry and blackcurrant — may also be fermented, only
grapes are naturally chemically balanced to ferment completely without
requiring extra sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients. Non-grape wines
are called fruit wine or country wine. Other products made from starch
based materials, such as barley wine, rice wine (sake), are more similar
to beers. Beverages made from other fermentable material such as honey
(mead), or that are distilled, such as brandy, are not wines. The English
word wine and its equivalents in other languages are protected by law
in many jurisdictions.l.
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