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Discover wines and grapes by region, explore the ingredients in your favorite drinks, and understand what the seasons actually change.
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Saint Lucia: drinks & ingredients
A wide range of local fruits like golden apples, mangoes, starfruit, and tamarind are used to make juices, although lime juice (lime squash) seems a more popular choice to be enjoyed in conjunction with the local specialties.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: drinks & ingredients
Hairoun is a locally produced beer; Bitter Lemon and Fruit Cocktail are popular sodas.
Samoa: drinks & ingredients
Known as kava in other parts of Polynesia, the 'ava is a beverage produced from a plant that is drunk throughout the western Pacific region.
San Marino: drinks & ingredients
Sammarinese wine in general is quite rare outside of Italy .
Santorini: Assyrtiko and volcanic island vineyards
Discover the relationship between Santorini and Assyrtiko through the Greek wine industry’s account of the island’s conditions and wine styles.
Sao Tome and Principe: drinks & ingredients
In the early 1900s, São Tomé and Príncipe was the world's largest exporter of cocoa and popularly known as the "Chocolate Islands".
Saudi Arabia: drinks & ingredients
Tea, or chai, is commonly served sweet, sometimes with mint leaves.
Sauvignon Blanc
An aromatic white grape to explore through the Loire Valley and Marlborough.
Senegal: bissap and hibiscus drinks
Explore Senegal’s bissap tradition through published research on hibiscus drinks, linked to the original research source.
Serbia: drinks & ingredients
Beer has become recently popular and is enjoyed in Serbia, even outpacing the traditional raki and wine.
Seychelles: drinks & ingredients
Alcoholic drinks include the palm wine calou (or kalou), bakka rum and beers produced in the country such as Seybrew and Eku.
Sierra Leone: drinks & ingredients
Ginger beer is typically a homemade non-alcoholic beverage, made out of pure ginger, and sweetened with sugar to taste.
Singapore: drinks & ingredients
Kopi-siew-siew-dai: Coffee with little sugar and condensed milk
Slovakia: drinks & ingredients
Grog is a hot drink combining black tea with a measure of rum.
Slovenia: drinks & ingredients
Styria Hop (štajerski hmelj) is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae, needed for beer production.
Solomon Breweries and SolBrew Lager
SolBrew Lager is a Solomon Breweries product with a documented local brand identity. This reference separates brand history from a brewing recipe.
Somalia: drinks & ingredients
Popular drinks at lunch are balbeelmo (grapefruit), raqey (tamarind) and isbarmuunto (lemonade).
South Africa: Cape winelands and regional origins
Explore South African wine geography through the industry organization’s guide to its winegrowing areas.
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