fruit wine

The topic fruit wine is discussed in the following articles:


  • TITLE: wine
    SECTION: Fruit wines
    Fruit wines, derived from fruits other than grapes, include cider, made from apples; perry, produced from pears; plum wine and cherry wine; and wines made from various berries. They are frequently made by home wine makers and have some commercial importance in cold climates where wine grapes are not produced. Cider and perry are important products in England and northern France; fortified...


  • TITLE: palm (tree)
    SECTION: Economic importance
    ...the wild date (Phoenix sylvestris), the toddy palm (Caryota urens), the nipa palm, and the gebang and talipot palms (Corypha elata and C. umbraculifera). Wine is made from species of the raffia palm in Africa and from the gru gru palm (Acrocomia) and the coquito palm (Jubaea) in America. The sago palm and, to a lesser extent, the sugar...