Balinese Wine

Tourists who like to drink wine who interested in local wines are now increasing. Local wine made from native fruits of Bali that can compete with a variety of foreign products.

As a world tourism destination, one of the favorite tourist beverage products while on vacation in Bali is the wine. No wonder if beside flooded with import alcoholic beverages, Bali was the target of illegal circulation of imported drinks "Black Market".

As complained by one of wine player in Bali, Ayu GEK Rusmini Lokikawati, the competitor was not imported drinks, wine entrepreneurs faced with the invasion of illegal drinks. Actually, in terms of quality, he said, local wines are not inferior to foreign wines.

"If all this, wine is known for its wine, we are actually rich with choice of tropical fruits," said GEK Rusmini, owner of Bali Wein, encountered Legal, Sunday (08/21/2011).

Bali native fruit that can be processed into wine Wine ie, Salak, Strawberries, Ginger, cashew nut until the bananas. Cashew example, after passing through the fermentation process to product quality wines.

Described, to cultivate fruit drink wine until the fermentation process and requires considerable time, even up to a year. It was to gain a sense of quality wines and delicious to drink.

"The longer silenced after fermentation is complete it will be better. It should be checked every week, until the alcohol content reaches 12 percent," said GEK Atyu, familiar greeting.

Criteria temperature should reach 22 degrees, if not more because it will affect the taste and drink wine production process. In a controlled fermentation process that is also a good type of yeast. Wine requires a special yeast for fermentation prime mover.

"Wine is cashew aroma and taste it hit the tongue like the foreign tourists from Russia and Korea," says this woman from Buleleng regency.

No wonder if now, demand for tropical fruit wines from all produced by farmers in Bali, is increasing. Wine products are widely marketed in a number of entertainment venues, the hotel restaurant to the famous outlet on the island.

Similarly, in terms of price, local wines capable of competing and relatively affordable to upper middle-class society. Call it, now, it produces about 600 bottles of 175 ml content with the price varying depending on the type of wine.

To Rp90 thousand per bottle of wine, salak 150 thousand, 100 thousand nuts, and ginger and strawberries Rp150 thousand per bottle. Currently, local wine players in Bali, can still be counted on the fingers. The potential market is quite wide open as the increasingly passionate tourism sector in Bali. Among the local wine players who still survive are Wein Bali, Singaraja Hill, and Hatten.