Rice wine is a word some people use to talk aboutalcoholic drinks. However, it is not a true wine, despite the name. Truewine is made byfermentinggrapes, and perhaps otherfruit. In rice wine, thestarch in the rice is first changed intosugar. This sugar is then fermented. This process is more like the fermentation as it is done inbeer.
Therice wines made in this manner have more alcohol in them than normal wines (18–25% alcohol compared to 10–14% for normal wines). Beers on the other hand usually have 4–8% alcohol in them.
Many people use the termrice wine to refer tosake (which is just one variant of many different kinds of rice wines).
