Fruit brandy named after their region of origin and base ingredients. For example: "Schwarzwälder Kirschwasser" (cherry spirit of the Black Forest), "Framboise d'Alsace" (raspberry of Alsace), "Aprikot dell'Alto Adige" (apricot of South Tyrol), etc. They are often regulated more strictly than generic fruit spirits; other than limiting their region of origin, restrictions may include fruit variants, mashing and fermenting technology, distilling apparatus, barrel aging, etc. Among the better known fruit brandies are: Fruit brandy Fruit brandy or fruit spirit is a distilled beverage produced from mash, juice, wine or residues of edible fruits. The term covers a broad class of spirits produced
Whistling fruit dove Whistling fruit dove The whistling fruit dove ("Ptilinopus layardi"), also known as the velvet dove or yellow-headed dove, is a small fruit dove from Fiji. The species is endemic to the islands of Kadavu and Ono in the Kadavu Group in the south of Fiji. The whistling fruit dove is the most primitive of the "golden doves", a small subgroup of the genus "Ptilinopus" which includes two other small Fijian fruit doves, the golden fruit dove and the orange fruit dove. The group was once split into its own genus, "Chrysoenas". The whistling fruit dove is a small dove (20