Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Is Blue Wine Really Wine? Spain Doesn’t Think So. — On Trend

Wine drinkers in Spain have a decision to make regarding the identity of wine: Does the color of the drink have anything to do with what makes a fermented grape beverage a “wine”?

Spanish startup Gïk offered consumers with a novel alternative to the traditional red and white wines in 2015 with the debut of blue wine. Now, lawmakers in Spain are not allowing the alcoholic beverage — which contains 11.5 percent alcohol — to be called a wine because of an existing law that dictates what colors wine can and cannot be.

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