Wine Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === From other fruits and foods === ==== Fruit ==== {{Main|Fruit wine}} [[Fruit wine|Wines from other fruits]], such as apples and berries, are usually named after the fruit from which they are produced, and combined with the word "wine" (for example, [[Apfelwein|apple wine]] and [[elderberry wine]]) and are generically called [[fruit wine]] or country wine (similar to [[French language|French]] term ''[[vin de pays]]''). Other than the grape [[variety (botany)|varieties]] traditionally used for wine-making, most fruits naturally lack either sufficient fermentable sugars, proper amount of acidity, yeast amounts needed to promote or maintain fermentation, or a combination of these three materials. This is probably one of the main reasons why wine derived from grapes has historically been more prevalent by far than other types, and why specific types of fruit wines have generally been confined to the regions in which the fruits were native or introduced for other reasons.{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}} ==== Honey ==== {{Main|Mead}} Mead, also called honey wine, is created by fermenting [[honey]] with water, sometimes with various fruits, spices, grains, or [[hops]]. As long as the primary substance fermented is honey, the drink is considered mead.<ref>{{cite book|title=Rites of Odin|first=Edward|last=Fitch|publisher=Llewellyn Worldwide|year=1990 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kg8nObaAZMEC |isbn=978-0-87542-224-4|page=290|location=St. Paul, Minnesota}}</ref> Mead was produced in ancient history throughout Europe, Africa and Asia,<ref>Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat (Anthea Bell, tr.) ''The History of Food'', 2nd ed. 2009:30.</ref> and was known in Europe before grape wine.<ref name=Hornsey>{{cite book| last=Hornsey | first =Ian| title=A History of Beer and Brewing | publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry | year=2003 | page=7| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QqnvNsgas20C | isbn=978-0-85404-630-0 | quote=...mead was known in Europe long before wine, although archaeological evidence of it is rather ambiguous. This is principally because the confirmed presence of beeswax or certain types of pollen ... is only indicative of the presence of honey (which could have been used for sweetening some other drink) β not necessarily of the production of mead. }}</ref> ==== Starch ==== Other drinks called "wine", such as [[barley wine]] and [[rice wine]] (e.g. [[sake]], [[huangjiu]] and [[Cheongju (beverage)|cheongju]]), are made from starch-based materials and resemble [[beer]] more than traditional wine, while [[ginger wine]] is fortified with [[brandy]]. In these latter cases, the term "wine" refers to the similarity in alcohol content rather than to the production process.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.avbc.com/news/BW.html |title=Barley Wine |access-date=25 June 2008 |last=Allen |first=Fal |publisher=Anderson Valley Brewing Company |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080227015623/http://www.avbc.com/news/BW.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 27 February 2008}}</ref> The commercial use of the English word "wine" (and its equivalent in other languages) is protected by law in many jurisdictions.<ref name="Wine Label decoder">{{cite book |last=George |first=Rosemary |title=The Simon & Schuster Pocket Wine Label Decoder |year=1991 |publisher=Fireside |isbn=978-0-671-72897-7}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page