For the production of grape wine, as well as fruit and berry brews, it is necessary to use only wine yeast. The use of other types of yeast, in particular for the production of beer, ethyl alcohol from starch-containing or sugar-containing raw materials, bakeries is not allowed. When using the above types of yeast, the wine has a characteristic alcoholic smell and bitter taste due to the formation of specific compounds that negatively affect the organoleptic properties of the wine.
Some strains of wine yeast can be used to produce distillates (moonshine) from fruit and berry raw materials both separately and in a mixture with alcoholic yeast.