@NickEast_IndieWriter Well, now I feel the need to hedge my words. On closer inspection, there's some algae and literal scum (pollen would be my guess) that are also contributing to the color. But, yeah, that tan-brown color are tannins leaching out of plant matter. Some of that plant matter is likely to be fruit, and that fruit likely fermented. So, to paraphrase Obi-Wan, calling it a wine pond is true, from a certain point of view. That point of view being someone who drinks from random ponds.