
Grapes
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Specialities with grapes
Rakia
Wine
Wine (Latin: vinum) is an alcoholic beverage obtained by the fermentation of grapes, the fruit of the plant lineage (ie Vitis vinifera). In Europe, according to legal regulations, the wine is a product obtained exclusively with full or partial alcoholic fermentation of fresh grapes, clove or not, or of grape must. The transformation of grapes into wine is called Vinification. The science of wine is called oenology. In some other parts of the world, the word wine can refer to the alcoholic beverage derived from another type of fruit. These wines with a name called fruit wine or bear the name under which the fruit was used for obtaining them (for example, apple wine or wine raspberry).
Rakia is a popular alcoholic beverage in Southeast Europe produced by distillation of fermented fruit. The alcohol content of rakia is normally 40% ABV, but home-produced rakia can be stronger (typically 50% to 60%). Rakia is widely considered to be а national drink of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.

