Bali has a young wine culture without any heritage wines. The
Hatten winery, being founded in 1994, is the oldest in
Indonesia. "Angur Merah - Orang Tua" is the most common wine
among the locals in Bali.
Angur Merah means red wine, and Orang Tua means old person.
It's a very sweet red and rice wine blend, which is mainly used
for ceremonies or healing. There are some varieties of it with
"Jamu". Jamu is an herb extract, which gets blended with the
Angur Merah, and turns the drink into traditional, ayurvedic
medicine. It gets sold in "Toko Jamu", which means Herbal
Medicine Store.
The Indonesian culture of drinking wine is due to the tax and
political situation very little.
Due to the Muslim government's alcohol restrictions, imported
wines are only available in touristy regions. Further,
Indonesia has an unpleasant high import tax on alcohol of 150%.
Even in a bottle for 30 AUD, one only gets a simple wine. And
for most Indonesians a bottle of imported wine is unaffordable.
Neither Indonesian country heritage wines nor heritage wine
cellars exist.
Locally grown and produced wines cannot keep up with
international ones, yet. But the local wineries make some
progress. From better quality are the wines produced from
imported grape juice from Australia. For example, Two Islands,
Isola, or Black Valvet wines are produced like that. The import
of non-fermented grape juice avoids the import tax. Further, it
benefits from the low labor cost in Indonesia. This makes these
locally produced wines, which are produced from a wider variety
of grapes, with are not cultivated in tropical climates, more
affordable.
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