Frogleg wrote:

> 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.

And, to add a further hairsplitting distinction, sake is technically a
beer, not a wine. A very flat beer, but a beer nonetheless.

pastorio