On 11 Apr 2004 00:35:18 GMT, (Nancree) wrote:

>
>There has been frequent confusion on RFC about "any difference " between Rice
>Vinegar and Rice Wine Vinegar. According to this Asian culinary site, they are
>the same thing--just a difference in labeling. ("Rice Wine" is a different
>matter. It is a wine and not a vinegar. It would be found in a wine shop, not
>in the vinegar section or the Asian food section of your supermarket. )
>
>" In recipes, rice vinegar is sometimes also called "rice wine vinegar."
>So says this Asian culinary site.
>
>http://chinesefood.about.com/library/bld_r.htm


OTOH,

"Rice vinegars are made from fermented rice. Rice wine vinegars are
generally made from the lees (dregs) of the wine. " from
http://www.ochef.com/595.htm

It doesn't seem to be a distinction with much difference, but my
bottle of rice vinegar says "made from fremented rice" while ads for
rice wine vinegar mention being brewed (or "distilled") from sake or
rice wine.