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- noun
Fermented juice ofsound ,ripe grapes (optionally with condensed grapemust added before or after fermentation, and grapebrandy oralcohol added after fermentation, with additional restrictions on the adding of such spirits if the wine is domestic and has a lot ofalcohol ); optionally withsugar orwater added during or after fermentation (but only up to a specified maximum amount added, and, if the amount added is more than a specified benchmark, so that the resulting wine does not exceed specifiedmaxima onsolid , alcohol, andacid content); and with a specified maximumacidity .
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The standard of identity is from the Code of Federal Regulations, title 27, section 4.21(a)(1).
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