Wine culture in AmericaContents Wine varieties Alcohol and the law Drinking purpose Wine vessel Drinking etiquette wine festivals Wine varieties v In United States, wine can be roughly divided into beer, whisky, wine and cocktail. v Beer (啤酒) American beer, with very few exceptions, varies from the mediocre( 普通的) to the terrible. There are not many types of beer in the US, “light” and “dark” are two terms commonly used. Wine varieties v The Hard Stuff( 威士忌 ) In America “whiskey” means bourbon( 一