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WINE
Grimes, William. 2004. Eating Your Worlds. Oxford University Press.
is an alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice. It is an alcoholic drink made from the fermented juice of specified other fruits or plants.
- ORIGIN Old English win, of Germanic origin; based on Latin vinum
Excerpted from Montagne, Prosper. 1961. Larousee Gastronomique. The Encyclopedia of Food, Wine & Cookery. Crown Publishers, Inc., New York.
is 'the product of the alcoholic fermentation of fresh or dried grapes or the juice of fresh grapes'.
Garrett, Theodore Francis (edited by). 1898. the Encyclopedia of Practical Cookery. L. Upcott Gill, 170, Strand, W.C. London. Vol. iv
is the fermented juice of the grape.
Excerpts from Bender, Arnold E. 1990. Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Technology. Butterworths, Boston.
Fermented grape juice containing 9-10% w/v ethyl alcohol. Beverages made by fermenting other fruit juices and sugar in the presence of vegetables or leaves or roots are also called wines (parsnip, peapod, oak leaf wine, etc.), although the legal definition may be restricted to the fermented grape. fortified wines such as Madeira, sherry and port have added spirit to bring the alcohol content to 15%.
