'Rice wine' is a misnomer. Wine is a fermented beverage. Sake is brewed. So if we had to compare, sake has more similarities with beer than it does with wine. Grapes are full of simple sugars, that are easily fermentable. read more
‘Rice wine’ is a misnomer. Wine is a fermented beverage. Sake is brewed. So if we had to compare, sake has more similarities with beer than it does with wine. Grapes are full of simple sugars, that are easily fermentable. Rice, on the other hand, is made of complex carbohydrate chains. read more
Not exactly. It turns out that calling sake "rice wine" really misses the mark. Technically speaking, wine is fermented grape juice. Rice doesn't qualify, wine blog VinePair points out, so calling rice-based sake wine is incorrect. read more