Country wines are fermented alcoholic beverages made from a variety of ingredients other than grapes (the base of "ordinary" wine) and having a variety of flavors. Country 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. Country wine can be made from any fruit or, with addition of sugar, from many plant sources. This term is utilized more commonly in Great Britain than elsewhere. In France and Germany, "vin du pays", or "Landwein" refers to standard grape wine. In its strictest sense, fermentation (formerly called zymnosis) is the energy-yielding anaerobic metabolic breakdown of a nutrient molecule, such as glucose, without net oxidation. ... Alcoholic beverages are drinks containing ethanol. ... Species Vitis acerifolia Vitis aestivalis Vitis amurensis Vitis arizonica Vitis x bourquina Vitis californica Vitis x champinii Vitis cinerea Vitis x doaniana Vitis girdiana Vitis labrusca Vitis x labruscana Vitis monticola Vitis mustangensis Vitis x novae-angliae Vitis palmata Vitis riparia Vitis rotundifolia Vitis rupestris Vitis shuttleworthii Vitis tiliifolia Vitis... A glass of red wine This article is about the beverage. ... Plum is also a nickname for British humorist P. G. Wodehouse. ... A sugar is a form of carbohydrate; the most commonly used sugar is a white crystalline solid, sucrose; used to alter the flavor and properties (mouthfeel, preservation, texture) of beverages and food. ... Deutscher Landwein is the second lowest category in the German wine classification, above Deutscher Tafelwein. ...

Few foods other than grapes have the balanced quantities of sugar, acid, tannin and water to produce a stable, drinkable wine, so most country wines are adjusted in one or more respects. Enough natural sugar is needed to support a satisfactory fermentation and provide bacteriological stability through sufficient ethanol content, so the winemaker adds table sugar (sucrose) or sweet sap tapped from trees such as maple, birch, or palm; or honey. If a food is too tart, sugar and water may both be added to dilute the acidity, or additional tannin or acid may be required to round out the taste. These are added as chemicals or by adding a balancing fruit like crabapples, raisins or dates to an unbalanced base. An acid (often represented by the generic formula AH) is typically a water-soluble, sour-tasting chemical compound. ... Tannins are astringent, bitter-tasting plant polyphenols that bind and precipitate proteins. ... Water (from the Anglo-Saxon and Low German wæter) is a colourless, tasteless, and odourless substance that is essential to all known forms of life and is the most universal solvent. ... Ethyl alcohol, also known as ethanol or grain alcohol, is a flammable, colorless chemical compound, one of the alcohols that is most often found in alcoholic beverages. ... Sucrose is the common chemical name for table sugar. ... Sap is: tree sap A small, blunt object used as a weapon, often constructed from a bag filled with loose, heavy objects such as lead shot or coins. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. ... See also Maple computer algebra system. ... Species many species see text and classification Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. ... Genera Many; see list of Arecaceae genera Arecaceae (also known as Palmae or Palmaceae), the palm family, is a family of flowering plants, belonging to the monocot order Arecales. ... Honey honey comb A capped frame of honeycomb Honey is a sweet and viscous fluid produced by bees and other insects from the nectar of flowers. ... Species - Southern Crab - Siberian Crabapple - Sweet Crabapple - Apple - Japanese Crabapple - Oregon Crab - Chinese Crabapple - Prairie Crab - Asian Wild Apple - European Wild Apple Malus, the apples, is a genus of about 30-35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including most importantly the domesticated Orchard or... Alternative uses: Raisin (disambiguation) A raisin is a sun-dried or artificially dried grape. ... Binomial name Phoenix dactylifera L. The Date Palm Phoenix dactylifera is a palm, extensively cultivated for its edible fruit. ...

The other ingredients that give the wine its flavor and character can be fruits, flowers, herbs, etc. Examples are elderberry wine and dandelion wine. A wine made from elderberry flowers is called elder blow wine. If the flavoring ingredients are leaves or roots then the beverage is sometimes called a beer (for example, ginger beer). (Note that the beverage known as root beer, ginger beer and ginger ale are often non-alcoholic beverages). Fruit stall in Barcelona, Spain. ... Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ... A herb (pronounced urb in American English and hurb in British English) is a plant grown for culinary or medicinal value. ... Species See text Elder or Elderberry (Sambucus) is a genus of between 5-30 species of fast-growing shrubs or small trees (two species herbaceous) formerly treated in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae, but now shown by genetic evidence to be correctly classified in the moschatel family (Adoxaceae). ... Species Taraxacum officinale Taraxacum japonicum Taraxacum albidum and a few others. ... In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... For other meanings of root, see Root (disambiguation). ... Ginger beer is a type of carbonated beverage, flavored primarily with ginger, lemon and sugar. ... Root beer is a beverage made from some combination of vanilla, cherry tree bark, licorice root, sarsaparilla root, sassafras root bark, nutmeg, anise, and molasses among other things. ...

If the sugar source is honey then the beverage is usually called mead; if it is apple or pear juice then the beverage is called cider or perry, respectively. Cyser is made from apples and honey. Mead Mead is a fermented alcoholic beverage made of honey, water, and yeast. ... hi pat what is up ... Species Pyrus calleryana P. pyrifolia et al Pears are trees of the genus Pyrus and the edible fruit of that tree. ... Cider (also spelled: cyder) refers to a beverage containing the juice of apples. ... Perry or pear cider is an alcoholic beverage made of fermented pear juice. ...

There are two approaches when making country wines: to imitate the flavor and appearance of grape wines, or not to. Some country wines that resemble grape wines are:

• elderberry
• blackcurrant
• plum
• blackberry
• apple

Other country wines made from fruits: Species See text Elder or Elderberry (Sambucus) is a genus of between 5-30 species of fast-growing shrubs or small trees (two species herbaceous) formerly treated in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae, but now shown by genetic evidence to be correctly classified in the moschatel family (Adoxaceae). ... Binomial name Ribes nigrum L. The blackcurrant is a temperate shrub which produces small edible berries with a high natural vitamin C content, which are very dark purple/blue in colour—almost black—hence the name. ... Plum is also a nickname for British humorist P. G. Wodehouse. ... BlackBerry 7100t The BlackBerry is a handheld wireless device providing e-mail, telephone, text messaging and web browsing services. ... hi pat what is up ...

• currant
• gooseberry
• raspberry
• rowan
• cherry
• persimmon
• strawberry
• blueberry

Country wines made from flowers: A currant can refer to Redcurrants and blackcurrants, berries of the genus Ribes. ... Species Ribes grossularia L. Ribes hirtellum Ribes echinellum The gooseberry is a well-known fruit-bush. ... For the sound made by humans to simulate flatulence (blowing a raspberry) see the USA term, Bronx cheer Species Rubus idaeus raspberry (red) - watercolor 1892 The Raspberry or Red Raspberry, (Rubus idaeus) is a plant that produces a tart, sweet, red composite fruit (not a true berry) in late summer... This article is about the rowan tree; for other uses of the term, see Rowan (disambiguation) Species Sorbus subgenus Sorbus Sorbus aucuparia - European Rowan Sorbus americana - American Rowan Sorbus cashmeriana - Kashmir Rowan Sorbus commixta - Japanese Rowan Sorbus decora - Showy Rowan Sorbus glabrescens - White-fruited Rowan Sorbus hupehensis - Hubei Rowan Sorbus... A cherry is both a tree and its fleshy fruit, a type known as a drupe with a single hard pit enclosing the seed. ... Species Diospyros virginiana The persimmons are a genus (Diospyros) of about 450–500 species of deciduous and evergreen trees. ... Species see text The strawberry (Fragaria) is a genus of plants in the Family Rosaceae (Rose Family), and the fruit of these plants. ... Species Vaccinium angustifolium Vaccinium arboreum Vaccinium ashei Vaccinium corymbosum Vaccinium melanocarpum Vaccinium myrsinites Vaccinium myrtilloides Vaccinium occidentalis Vaccinium pallidum Vaccinium tenellum Vaccinium vaccillans Vaccinium virgatum Blueberry refers to some plants of the genus Vaccinium, which also includes cranberries, bilberries (also called blueberry), and many wild shrubs producing edible, round, blue... Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ...

• dandelion
• elder blow
• rose hip

Country wines made from vegetables and roots: Species Taraxacum officinale Taraxacum japonicum Taraxacum albidum and a few others. ... Dog Rose showing the bright red hips Rosehips, also called rose haws are the fruit of the rose plant, particularly wild roses that form at the base of the flower, typically red to orange but dark purple to black in some species. ... Vegetables on a market Vegetable is a nutritional and culinary term denoting any part of a plant that is commonly consumed by humans as food, but is not regarded as a culinary fruit, nut, herb, spice, or grain. ...

• potato
• rhubarb
• parsnip