Although many people know that they can make homemade wine, there is still a prevailing thought that homemade wine is not going to be as good as the high class wine you pay fifty dollars or more for per bottle. This is because of the overall image that home cooking is either vastly superior to restaurants or vastly inferior and unfortunately for drinks, people tend to lump homemade alcohol into the inferior category. However, it is perfectly possible to make very luxurious homemade wine at home. From the best red wine to the delicate ice wine, making the best wine is mostly a matter of having the right ingredients, clean equipment and good recipes.

When most people think of wine, they think of the red or white wine that is made from grapes. Wine can be made from a variety of things though, including other fruits. However, although grapes are a fruit, they do not make what is collectively known as ‘fruit wine’; fruit wine is wine made from any fruit other than grapes. What are the differences between fruit wine and grape wine?

In short, fruit wine is a kind of homemade wine that is made from any fruit other than grapes. These can include apple, mango, pear, peach and plum wine among other kinds of fruits. This sounds simple, but fruit wine has a history of being unfairly maligned and is well worth trying to make for yourself, especially if you grow your own fruit and find you have too much one year!