The difference between a wine drink and traditional wine, what it is and how it is made
A wine alcoholic drink occupies almost all the shelves of the departments with wine and vodka products. It costs less than natural wine. Although the taste is sometimes not inferior to him. It is made according to the same principle as wine. True, this product is allowed to contain beet sugar, ethyl alcohol, flavors and food colors. No GOSTs are allowed to make it from powder. Powdered alcohol is always a fake.
What is a wine drink
This is a product made 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 products of its processing.
Concept
It is a wine-making product with the addition (without addition) of rectified ethyl or grape alcohol. During production, sugar, natural flavors, plant extracts, food coloring additives, water can be added. Can be saturated with carbon dioxide and be carbonated or still.
Sugar content classification:
- dry;
- semi-dry;
- semi-sweet;
- sweet.
In appearance, the liquid should not be cloudy, but transparent, homogeneous, without sediment or impurities. A product saturated with carbon dioxide must necessarily produce foam and gas bubbles.
Composition and raw materials
The composition must include at least 50 percent of wine materials (bulk wine). The following raw materials are used for the production: table wine materials, liqueur, incomplete alcoholic fermentation, secondary fermentation, as well as grape must, mistel, sugar, honey, wine or cognac distiller, grape, ethyl or wine alcohol.
It is allowed to add water, plant extracts, flavorings, citric or tartaric acid, natural plant dyes.
Fortress
The strength of the product can be no more than 22 percent. For drinks saturated with carbon dioxide, this figure is 10 percent.
The cost
The price depends on the type of drink, manufacturing technology, brand and composition. This wine product is slightly less expensive than natural wine. 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 strength 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 not wine is obtained, but a drink.
In terms of taste and consumer characteristics, it is sometimes no worse than a classic wine.
The main difference between these two drinks lies in the composition. There can be nothing else in wine except fermentation or distillation products of grapes. Any additives strip it of its name. If the fermentation of grapes is stopped with grain, and not grape alcohol, not fortified wine is automatically obtained, but a drink.
The latter can be added with water, sugar, dye, flavor. During production, it is always remembered 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 the fermentation of grapes. At the end of fermentation, the liquid is clarified and young wine is obtained. Then the alcoholic beverage is sent for aging or processing.
For the production 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 GOSTs, from high-quality raw materials, and not from rejected wines during the production process. If low-quality raw materials are used during cooking, it means that the product is being made in violation of the law.
Popular brands
The highest quality and most popular are:
- Bosca Anniversari (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 forms the main assortment of alcoholic beverages. The Crimean company "Massandra" is considered to be a major beverage producer. It is worth buying goods of those brands that are made at enterprises located in the area where large vineyards are located. Transportation of wine materials over long distances rarely pays off.
If the production of alcoholic beverages from grapes is carried out by firms located far from the location of the vineyards, then most often they make a fake.
