frederick ploegman > wrote:
> "Joe Sallustio" > wrote:

>> Technically nothing made from anything other than grapes is
>> wine but tell that to someone who makes country wines and
>> see what they think of that distinction...

> Even my Oxford dictionary disagrees with that, going so far
> as to specify Elderberry and Ginger as just two examples of
> "wines"........ ;o)

I think that was Joe's point or in my words "Wine is made from
grapes while wine with an adjective in front of it, e.g.,
Elderberry Wine, is made from whatever you like."

Dick