Fruit brandy 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 across the world, and typically excludes beverages made from grapes, which are referred to as plain brandy (when made from distillation from wine) or pomace brandy (when made directly from grape pomace). Apples, pears, apricots, plums and cherries are the most commonly used fruits. According to a legal definition in the United States, a "fruit brandy" is distilled "solely from the fermented juice or mash of whole, sound, ripe fruit,
Emperador brandy Emperador brandy Emperador is a brand of cut brandy and brandy produced by Emperador Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Alliance Global Group Inc. It has sometimes been described as the world's best-selling brand of brandy in terms of quantity of brandy sold, with annual sales of 275 million liters in 2015. However, by international standards, the Emperador Light expression is considered a "cut brandy" rather than a true brandy, as it contains neutral spirits alcohol made from sugar cane. Since this is the biggest selling variant of the brand, the brand would not be considered the best selling brandy