Since a couple of years, we do have the trend for micro-distilleries and boutique (you could them "craft") spirits. Even longer we do have some "rogue" creativeness which is often more a plague than a blessing. You want to know, why I am thinking this way? Look - I don't have anything against creative beverages. I even welcome them with open hands. But the point I can't stand if beverage categories are muddled up! Why? Because it confuses basically everyone. Here is an example found on Munchies : A soju made out of grapes. But you really have to ask yourself, what does make this distillate to a soju? It is traditionally Korean or Japanese (then you would spell it s hōchū ). It is usually made out of barley, sweet potatoes, buckwheat, rice - even brown sugar. It is usually distilled and has a lower alcohol percentage compared to Western spirits. Now - our example here is made in the US and is made out of grapes. Why are t...