Claim: Gin is a wine.
Evidence: Gin is a spirit which derives its predominant flavour from juniper berries -LRB- Juniperus communis -RRB-.
A distilled beverage , spirit , liquor , hard liquor or hard alcohol is an alcoholic beverage produced by distillation of grains , fruit , or vegetables that have already gone through alcoholic fermentation.
As examples , this term does not include beverages such as beer , wine , sake , and cider , as they are fermented but not distilled.