Wine/Legends

Wine was a beverage typically made from grapes, Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void, chapter three: The Good and the Great berries,The Truce at Bakura fruit, or grain. The process involved fermentation,Star Wars (1977) 24 and wine was usually alcoholic.
==Description==
Wine was classified among the stronger alcoholic beverages known as spirits.Galaxy Guide 9: Fragments from the RimFate of the Jedi: Conviction Fine wine was valued in many cultures. A fine wine got better with age,The Old Republic: Revan and particularly fine wine was aged until it was perfect.Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire novel Vintage wine also denoted quality.The Old Republic: Annihilation, Chapter 13 Some people would save a good bottle of wine for an extra special occasion.
The taste of wine could be described as everything from sweetThe New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines I: Rebel DreamShatterpoint to tart to mellow to dry,The Courtship of Princess LeiaX-Wing: The Bacta War tart, sour or wet. Some people liked the taste better if the wine was exposed to air ("letting it breathe"), and would uncork the bottle and let it sit like that for a while before drinking.Millennium Falcon The liquid could be warmed or chilledGalaxy Guide 1: A New Hope to reach the perfect temperature and quality, for example thirty-nine degrees. A wine bottle was sometimes put in a bucket of ice before it was opened.
Effervescent wineThe New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse made a unique sound when the cork was popped from the bottle. Sparkling wine had bubbles in it. Some types of wine were fortified with stronger types of alcohol in order to make it more potent.
The beverage was often paired with food,Order 66: A Republic Commando NovelLegacy of the Force: Betrayal but it could also be enjoyed without it. Some people liked to have wine with dinner and restaurants and casinos often had a wine list for customers to choose from. Some types of wine, like Corellian wine and Deltron spice wine, were also used as an ingredient in cooking.
People sometimes had wine when celebrating,I, Jedi and it was also commonly served at parties, both in formal festivities and the wilder sort.Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi novel
Wine was usually stored in bottles, flasks,The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial casks, cases or barrels, and drunk from a goblet, glass(sometimes made from delicate crystal), chalice or cup.The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II: Ruin It was sometimes served in a carafe or a decanter. The liquid was usually sipped at, rather than being gulped down. According to Count Dooku, the older a person became, the more they would appreciate excellent wine.
A plantation grown for winemaking was called a vineyard.The Kathol Outback A property where wine was produced was called a winery. A winery featured cultivated plants and wine making equipment, like extraction presses and wooden storage barrels. Some wealthy people had one or more wine cellars—large storage rooms for wine—in their home."Side Trip"
AlderaanCoruscant and the Core WorldsThe Essential Atlas and GlovaThe Politics of Contraband were major exporters of wine, and the planet Roonadan had special wine bars.Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines Haleoda, the capital city of Kattada, was famous for its fine food and wine. Tatooine wine had a reputation for being bad.X-Wing: Wraith Squadron
The Cerean female name Daini referred to wine, drinking water, or sweet tea. Another Cerean female name, Naiana, was a type of fruity wine enjoyed on Cerea. Mus was a name given to female Zabraks, and meant "wine". This name originally referred to any strong alcohol that was used to cleanse wounds.Galactic Campaign Guide
The Nightsister Tamith Kai was described as having wine-colored lips,The Dark Side Sourcebook and an unnamed Yuuzhan Vong warrior who performed a demonstration the bo'tous bioweapon was described as wearing a wine-colored tunic.
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