Pineau des Charentes: Pineau des Charentes is a “liqueur wine produced in a specific region” […]
Alcoholic beverages
Gascogne floccu
Floc de Gascogne: Floc de Gascogne is a liqueur wine made by mixing grape must […]
Cider - History - generalities - manufacture and production of cider
History of cider: Cider was already consumed in Antiquity by several peoples such as the Hebrews who […]
Cidre
Cider: Cider is an alcoholic beverage generally containing between 2% vol. and 8% vol. of alcohol, obtained […]
Ice cider
Ice cider: Ice cider is a cider fermented on apple juice […]
Pommel of Brittany
Pommeau de Bretagne: Pommeau de Bretagne is a mistelle-type alcohol produced by blending (also called mutage) […]
Knob
Pommeau: Pommeau is a mistelle-type aperitif alcohol obtained by blending unfermented apple juice […]
Digestive
Digestive: A digestive is an alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink, which is usually taken at the end of a meal, and […]
Lambig
Lambig: Lambig is one of the names given to a cider brandy made in Brittany. Also locally called […]
ratafia
Ratafia: A ratafia is a soft alcoholic drink, often artisanal, especially in Catalonia, and consumed as an aperitif. It exists […]
Mistelle
Mistelle: A mistelle (from the Italian misto, "mixed"), or liqueur wine, is a sweet alcoholic beverage obtained […]
macvin
Macvin: Jura macvin is a liqueur wine, produced by blending must and eau-de-vie from marc […]
Sparkling wine
Sparkling wine: A sparkling wine is between a beading wine (pressure between 0,5 and 1 bar) and a sparkling wine […]
Pearl wine
Sparkling wine: A sparkling wine (also called perlé or moustillant) is a dry white wine in general. It is on the edge […]
Sherry
Sherry: Sherry (Spanish: jerez, pronounced [xe.ʁɛs] in supported language, [kse.ʁɛs] in everyday language) are white wines […]
Sherry - History and Generalities on Sherry
History of sherry: – Prehistory and Antiquity According to the legend reported by Homer in his Odyssey, after the war […]
Pulque
Pulque: Pulque (pronounced /pulke/ and is a probable derivative of the Nahuatl word* meaning “decomposed”, […]
Mezcal
Mezcal: Mezcal (or mescal, from Nahuatl* mexcalli [metl + ixcalli], meaning “baked agave”) […]
Tequila
Tequila: Tequila (in Spanish: el tequila is a masculine word), is an alcoholic beverage produced […]
Spirit drink
Spirit drink: A spirit drink is an alcoholic drink obtained by distillation, possibly followed by maceration or infusion of […]
Liqueur
Liqueur: A liqueur is a spirit drink resulting from an alcoholate. It is considered that the first liqueurs date back to the Middle […]
Chartreuse
Chartreuse: Chartreuse is a liqueur made in the cellars of Voiron in Isère, on the edge of the Massif de […]
Norman hole
Norman hole: The Norman hole is a gastronomic custom which consists in drinking a small glass of calvados between […]
Calvados
Calvados: Calvados (colloquially known as "calva") is a Normandy brandy obtained by distillation of cider or perry. […]
Kir
Kir: Kir or blanc-cassis is a traditional aperitif (or cocktail) from Burgundy, made with crème de cassis […]
Cassis
Crème de cassis: Crème de cassis is a blackcurrant liqueur. The color of this drink […]
Alcohols and liqueurs - List of French AOC alcohols and liqueurs
Most are brandies from wine from the vineyards of Cognac and Armagnac; we also find the pommel, […]
Brandy
Eau-de-vie: Eau-de-vie (in Latin aqua vitae; popularly "drop" or "hooze") is obtained by distillation […]
Arranged rum
Arranged rum: Arranged rum is a rum preparation in which various ingredients such as leaves, […]
Rum - History - generalities and production of rum
History of rum: Originally from Asia, sugar cane was spread by the Arabs in the XNUMXth century and […]