Wine drink: what is it, differences from ordinary wine, how is it made

Wine alcoholic drink occupies almost all the shelves of departments with wine and vodka products. It costs less than natural wine. Although the taste is sometimes not inferior to him. It is made in the same way as wine. True, this product is allowed to contain beet sugar, ethyl alcohol, flavorings and food colorings. No GOSTs are allowed to make it from powder. Powdered alcohol is always counterfeit.

What is a wine drink

This is a product manufactured according to the technology established by law, from raw materials specified by GOST. In terms of taste and price, it is slightly inferior to classic wines made exclusively from grapes and grape products.

Concept

This is a product of winemaking with the addition (without addition) of rectified ethyl or grape spirit. In the manufacture, sugar, natural flavors, plant extracts, food coloring additives, water can be added. Can be loaded with carbon dioxide and carbonated or non-carbonated.

Classification by sugar content:

dry;
semi-dry;
semi-sweet;
sweet.

In appearance, the liquid should not be cloudy, but transparent, homogeneous, without sediment, impurities. A product saturated with carbon dioxide must necessarily form foam, gas bubbles should be released.

Composition and raw materials

The composition must include at least 50 percent of wine materials (wine in bulk).The following raw materials are used for production: table wine materials, liqueur, incomplete alcoholic fermentation, undergone secondary fermentation, as well as grape must, mistelle, sugar, honey, wine or cognac distiller, grape, ethyl or wine alcohol.

Water, herbal extracts, flavors, citric or tartaric acid, natural vegetable colors are allowed.

Fortress

The strength of the product can be no more than 22 percent. Drinks high in carbon dioxide have a figure of 10 percent.

Cost

The price depends on the type of drink, manufacturing technology, brand and composition. This wine product is slightly inferior in price to natural wine. It costs from 200 rubles and more.

How is it different from wine

Wine is a product that is obtained during the fermentation of fresh grapes or grape must. Its fortress is 9-22 percent. According to the technology, fermentation is stopped with sulfites, cold, or the addition of natural grape alcohol.

If, in addition to grape processing products, grain alcohol or some other additives (sugar, plant extracts, flavors, dyes) are included in the composition, then it turns out not wine, but a drink.

In terms of taste and consumer characteristics, it is sometimes no worse than classic wine.

The main difference between these two drinks lies in the composition. Wine cannot contain anything other than the products of fermentation or distillation of grapes. Any additives deprive it of its name. If the fermentation of grapes is stopped with grain, and not with grape alcohol, not fortified wine is automatically obtained, but a drink.

Water, sugar, dye, flavoring can be added to the latter. During production, they always remember that the wine material in the product must contain at least 50 percent.

Industrial production technology

Wine drinks are made from wine materials obtained as a result of grape fermentation. At the end of fermentation, the liquid is clarified and young wine is obtained. Then the alcoholic drink is sent for aging or processing.

For the manufacture of wine products, wine material is used that does not meet the selection criteria established for wines. Grain alcohol, sugar, water, food additives can be added to this product to improve the taste. The drink is made in accordance with state standards, from high-quality raw materials, and not from those rejected in the process of making wines. If low-quality raw materials are used in the preparation, then the product is made in violation of the law.

Popular brands

The highest quality and most popular are:

Bosca Anniversary (420 rubles);
Bosca Chardonnay (580 rubles);
Sangria Esta (340 rubles);
Adzi White Plum (210 rubles);
Plum (Germany) (450 rubles).

In Russia, many companies are engaged in the production of wine drinks. This product is the main range of alcoholic products. The Crimean company "Massandra" is considered a major beverage producer. It is worth buying goods of those brands that are manufactured at enterprises located in the area where large vineyards are located. Transportation of wine materials over long distances is rarely justified.

If companies far from the location of the vineyards are engaged in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages from grapes, then most often they make counterfeit products.