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How Many Calories in Japanese Plum Wine?

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Roy Huggins

Japanese plum wine, or umeshu, is made by soaking Japanese plums in a liquor such as shochu -- a Japanese distilled spirit comparable to vodka. It is almost syrupy in its sweetness, and often consumed with soda or on the rocks.