Wine

🇨🇳China

Rice Wine

米酒

Cooking rice wine sold in tall green bottles, used by the cupful in sesame oil chicken, ginger duck and postpartum cooking.

🇰🇵North Korea

Rice Wine

막걸리

Korea's oldest alcoholic beverage: unfiltered, cloudy rice wine with a slight fizz, mildly sweet and tangy, made with nuruk starter.

🇲🇲Myanmar

Rice Wine

ခေါင်ရည်

Glutinous rice fermented with a yeast starter into a cloudy, sweet-sour drink, made in the Shan, Kachin and Chin hills.

🇵🇭Cordillera, Philippines

Rice Wine

Tapuy

A traditional fermented rice wine from the Cordillera region, used in rituals and celebrations, mildly sweet.

🇩🇪Vaduz, Germany

Riesling

A crisp, aromatic white wine made from the Riesling grape, ranging from dry and mineral to lightly sweet. Liechtenstein growers produce local Riesling and Riesling-Silvaner bottlings in the Rhine Valley.

🇪🇸La Rioja, Spain

Rioja Wine

Vino de Rioja

Spain's most famous wine, primarily Tempranillo-based reds from La Rioja, with aging categories from joven to gran reserva (5+ years).

🇨🇭Zürich, Switzerland

Räuschling

A rare white wine from an indigenous Swiss grape grown around Lake Zürich, producing dry, floral wines with citrus and herbal notes.

🇯🇵Japan

Sake

日本酒

Japanese rice wine brewed from polished rice, kōji mold, yeast, and water, served chilled or warm.

🇫🇷Centre-Val de Loire, France

Sancerre

Crisp Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire Valley, with citrus and mineral notes.

🇫🇷Centre-Val de Loire, France

Sancerre Rouge

Sancerre Rouge is a named French wine appellation associated with Centre-Val de Loire, defined by its terroir and regulated style.

🇬🇪Kakheti, Georgia

Saperavi

Საფერავი

A deeply coloured red from a grape whose flesh as well as skin is red, giving inky wines with high acid and dark fruit.

🇲🇾Sarawak, Malaysia

Sarawak Tuak

Sarawak Tuak is a named drink prepared in Malaysian cooking.

🇹🇭Isan (Northeastern Thailand), Thailand

Sato

สาโท

Traditional Thai rice wine from Isan, made from glutinous rice fermented with a herbal yeast starter.

🇨🇳China

Shaoxing Rice Wine

黄酒

Amber wine brewed from glutinous rice and wheat qu, aged in clay jars, drunk warmed and used constantly in Jiangnan cooking.

🇧🇬Bulgaria

Shiroka Melnishka Loza

Широка мелнишка лоза

Red wine from the broad-leaved Melnik vine grown on the sand pyramids around Melnik in the far southwest — full-bodied, with dried fruit and tobacco.

🇩🇪Bavaria, Germany

Silvaner Wine

Silvaner

German white wine variety particularly important in Franconia, with earthy, nutty characteristics and good food pairing ability.

🇸🇰Eastern Slovakia, Slovakia

Slovak Tokaj

Tokajské víno

Sweet wine from the small Slovak section of the Tokaj region, made from Furmint, Lipovina and Muscat with botrytised grapes and graded in putňa.

🇷🇸Serbia

Smederevka

Смедеревка

Smederevo white grape variety/wine.

🇮🇹Veneto, Italy

Soave

Veneto white DOCG.

🇭🇺Sopron, Hungary

Soproni Bor

Red wines from Sopron, Kékfrankos country.

🇪🇸Spain

Spanish Vermouth

Vermut

An aromatized fortified wine served as an aperitif with tapas, traditionally on tap (vermut de grifo), served with an olive and orange slice.

🇲🇰North Macedonia

Stanušina

Станушина

Pale red or rosé wine from a rare indigenous grape grown almost exclusively around Tikveš.

🇦🇹Austria

Sturm

Partially fermented grape must, cloudy and slightly effervescent, a seasonal autumn drink signaling the start of wine harvest, fresh and sweet-tart.

🇵🇭Philippines

Sugarcane Wine

Basi

A fermented sugarcane wine from Ilocos, aged in burnay jars, with a complex, earthy, and slightly sweet flavor.

🇪🇸Spain

Summer Red Wine

Tinto de verano

A refreshing summer drink of red wine and lemon soda (or gaseosa) over ice, simpler and more popular with locals than sangria.

🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

Sussex Wine

Sussex Wine is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.

🇷🇸Serbia

Tamjanika

Тамјаника

Muscat of Tamjane, a Serbian aromatic white.

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Tej

ጠጅ

Ethiopia's national drink: a golden honey wine fermented with gesho branches, served in round-bellied berele flasks. Simultaneously sweet, dry, fizzy and floral — and Ethiopia's contribution to the world of mead.

🇭🇷Istria, Croatia

Teran Wine

Teran

Red wine from Istria, similar to Italian Refosco, high acidity and iron-rich red soil give distinctive character, earthy and tannic.

🇨🇭Ticino, Switzerland

Ticino Merlot

Merlot del Ticino

The red wine that dominates the vineyards south of the Alps, planted after phylloxera destroyed the older varieties and now the region's signature.

🇹🇱East Nusa Tenggara, Timor-Leste

Timorese Palm Wine

Tua Sabu

Traditional palm wine made from the sap of lontar or coconut palms; the sap is collected from cut flower buds and ferments naturally; a mildly alcoholic, slightly sweet drink; part of Timorese cultural traditions and ceremonies; shared across Southeast Asian palm wine traditions; a TasteAtlas-listed product.

🇲🇿Mozambique

Tipo Tinto

A Mozambican fortified red drink with a sweet, warming profile, served chilled or mixed.

🇭🇺Tokaj, Hungary

Tokaji Aszú

Tokaji Aszú is a Hungarian sweet wine made from botrytized grapes, with golden colour and balanced acidity.

🇭🇺Hungary

Tokaji Furmint

Dry Furmint from Tokaj.

🇦🇷Salta, Argentina

Torrontés

Torrontés salteño

Argentina's signature white grape, producing aromatic, citrusy, floral wines. The best examples come from the high-altitude Calchaquí Valleys of Salta and Cafayate.

🇵🇹Northern Portugal, Portugal

Touriga Nacional

Portugal's flagship red grape, used for both Port and powerful dry reds.