Book Description

Wine is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented grapes or other fruits (Johnson, 1989). All over the world wine is produced and consumed. Wine is the first important product of the grapevine (Shanmugavelue, 1989; Naveen, 2009). Wine is an alcoholic beverage obtained from fermented grape juice that has been carried through in the district of its origin and according to local traditions, practices and law (Karibasappa, et. al, 2010). Wine is not only made from grapes, but in world the production of wine is made from various fruits and grains, such as apples and berries, are usually named after the fruit from which they are produced combined with the word "Wine" (for example, pomegranate wine, apple wine and elderberry wine) and are generically called fruit wine or country wine. But not all types of fruit are suitable for making all styles of wine (Eisenman, 1998). Besides the grape varieties traditionally used for winemaking, most fruits naturally lack either a high amount of fermentable sugars, relatively low acidity, yeast nutrients needed to promote or maintain fermentation or a combination of these three characteristics. Wine can be considered as a great tonic to improve health. Also grape juice concentrated is used to make wine in many locations that do not or cannot grow grapes (Morris et.al, 1996).