"Country wine" is also a common translation of "Landwein" in the
German wine classification, or "
vin du pays" Fruit wines are
fermented alcoholic beverages made from a variety of ingredients other than
grapes (the base of "ordinary"
wine) and having a variety of flavours. Fruit wines are always called something wines (e.g.,
plum wine), since the word wine alone is often legally defined as a beverage made only from grapes. Fruit wine can be made from any sufficiently sweet fruit or, with addition of
sugar or
honey, from other fruits and many plant sources which are not fruits. The term Country wine is more commonly utilised in
Great Britain for fruit wines. In France and Germany, "vin du pays", or "
Landwein" refers to relatively inexpensive kinds of standard grape wine.
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