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fruit wine Cheers, wine is a beverage now and can be sold insupermarkets, department stores and wine bars. Reason: to encouragefarmers and wineries. But wait, this refers to natural wine and not fortified wine. Natural wine (fruit wine) no longer comes under the category ofalcohol while fortified wine remains alcohol, according to theKarnataka Grape Processing and Wine Policy that the State WineBoard approved on May 21. The proposal is waiting to be gazetted bythe government. Natural wine is made from fruit and 11% to 14% of alcohol isderived from the fruit. In fortified wine, spirits like brandy areadded, thereby increasing its alcohol content to more than 20%.This is laced with fruit flavours. According to B Krishna, MD, State Wine Board, licensing procedureshave been made easy to promote natural wine which will henceforthnot be sold in liquor shops. To promote the setting up of winebars, the policy has brought out reasonable permit fee