PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a plum extract having sweet taste and sweet aroma peculiar to plum, obtained by using fully ripened plum and having deep taste and rich flavor, and to provide a method for producing plum wine using the plum extract even during a period when plum cannot be harvested.SOLUTION: A method for producing a plum extract comprises a first step of washing fully ripened plum with water and drying it, a second step of pickling the plum in salt and vinegar, a third step of putting the fully ripened plum obtained in the second step into a container, adding sugar thereto, and storing it at ordinary temperature, and a fourth step of taking out liquid in the container. A method for producing plum wine comprises a fifth step of adding water, sugar, and sake lees to the fully ripened plum having been used for the plum extract and the production of the plum extract, and storing and fermenting it at ordinary temperature, and a sixth step of taking out a supernatant liquid of a fermented product obtained in the fifth step.【課題】完熟梅を使用して梅独特の甘みや甘い香りを出し、かつ味わい深く風味豊かな梅エキスの製造方法を提供し、また、梅エキスを用いて梅が収穫できない時期においても梅ワインを製造する方法を提供する。【解決手段】梅エキスの製造方法は、完熟梅を水洗いし、乾燥させる第１工程と、塩及び酢に漬けて殺菌熟成させる第２工程と、第２工程で得られた完熟梅を容器に入れ、砂糖を添加して常温保管する第３工程と、容器中の液体を取り出す第４工程を含む。梅ワインの製造方法は、梅エキスと梅エキスの製造で使用した完熟梅に、水と、砂糖と酒粕を添加して常温保管し、発酵させる第５工程と、第５工程で得られた発酵体の上澄み液を取り出す第６工程を含む。【選択図】図１
