| FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATIONS OF WINES
Light
Beverage (natural still wines) - Red , White, Rose,
etc. Alcohol content 14% or less.
Grape and Other Fruits
Cider and Perry - wine made from apples and pears
Mead - wine made from honey
Sparkling
Wine - Champagne, sparling Bugundy, vin mousseux, Asti Spumante,
Sekt, etc. alcohol content 14% or less.
Fortified (dessert
wines) - Sherry, Port, Madeira, Marsala, Malaga, etc. Alcohol content
over 14% but not over 24%.
Aromatized (quinned
wines) - Vermouth, etc. Alcohol content 15 1/2% to 20%.
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