Fruit wine

See under fruit wine.

Fermented products made from fruit and berries are among the oldest alcoholic beverages. Even in ancient times, the Greeks produced wine not only from grapes, but also from apples, dates, figs and other fruits. The Romans and some Germanic tribes also knew fruit and fruit wines. In Germanic mythology, mead (Melomel in the picture) was even regarded as the drink of the gods. Today, fruit wine or Fruit wine is made by alcoholic fermentation of juice or mash from suitable fresh pome fruit (apple, pear, quince), stone fruit (cherry, apricot, nectarine, peach, sour cherry, all types of plums and damsons), berries (blackberries, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, elderberries, currants of all colours, gooseberries) or other fruit with an alcohol content of at least 1.2% vol.

Obstwein - Kirsche, Maracuja, Himbeere, Rhabarber, Zwetschge, Cuvée, Melomel

Grapes are not considered fruit. This excludes wine grapes that do not belong to the European species Vitis...

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Fruit wine

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