Armenian Highlands lands, including Cilicia. The apricot was known by the Romans as the "prunus armenicus" (the Armenian plum) and was brought to Europe from the Armenian plateau. Armenian Highlands The Armenian Highlands (; also known as the Armenian Upland, Armenian plateau, Armenian tableland, or simply Armenia) is the central-most and highest of three land-locked plateaus that together form the northern sector of the Middle East. To its west is the Anatolian plateau which rises slowly from the lowland coast of the Aegean Sea and converges with the Armenian Highlands to the east of Cappadocia. To its southeast is the Iranian plateau,
Fruit wine bottling. Plum liquor, also known as "plum wine", is popular in both Japan and Korea, and is also produced in China. In China, plum wine is called "meijiu" (梅酒). Plum wine is normally made with distilled liquor and soaked with plum. The alcohol level is higher than typical fruit wine, which is fermented with just fruits. In Taiwan, a popular post-World War II innovation based on Japanese-style plum liquor is "wumeijiu" (烏梅酒; smoked plum liquor), which is made by mixing "Prunus mume" liquor (梅酒 "méijǐu"), "Prunus salicina" liquor (李酒 "lǐjǐu"), and oolong tea liquor. Another similar drink is plum jerkum,