what is the differnce between a wine and a cordial? anyone have some good
recipes to share? perhaps something started from a concentrate or juice if
thats possible. thanks.

A wine is the fermented juice of a fruit - with grapes it is pure juice as
this is the most suitable fruit for making wine because they contain the
right amount of tannin, acid, sugar, etc, without these ingredients having
to be added, such as with country wines.

A cordial is the pure unfermented juice of a fruit which has gone through an
evaporation heat process. It's thick and syrupy and could have ingredients
such as herbs added - indeed a cordial could just contain the essence of a
herb/flower such as elderflower in a syrupy sugar/water solution. It is
non-alcholic and usually diluted with water or soda when drunk - OK for
children!
"santos" > wrote in message
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> what is the differnce between a wine and a cordial? anyone have some good
> recipes to share? perhaps something started from a concentrate or juice
if
> thats possible. thanks.
>
>


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"WorldsWorst" > wrote in message >...
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> A cordial is the pure unfermented juice of a fruit which has gone through an
> evaporation heat process. It's thick and syrupy and could have ingredients
> such as herbs added - indeed a cordial could just contain the essence of a
> herb/flower such as elderflower in a syrupy sugar/water solution. It is
> non-alcholic and usually diluted with water or soda when drunk - OK for
> children!
>

Common use of cordial in the US is the same as liqueur. An alcoholic
drink which is usually distilled spirits that have been sweetened and
enhanced by the addition of either fruit, herbs, flowers or a
combination thereof.

I think originally it refered to a stimulating drink or medicine (a
tonic), but those usually contained a bit of alcohol too :-)

Andy