are the people & places you see & meet along the way, alcohol included.
the sine qua non of wine, its affects run from the obvious to the not so obvious. Alcohol doesnt just provide the kick: it gives texture ("body"), flavor (roundness and sweetness) and vinosity (makes it smell and taste like wine) as well as providing balance and a certain chemical and physical stability to wines. The primary alcohol is known as ethyl alcohol or ethanol, but there are dozens of other so-called "higher" alcohols which though in minute quanitites provide hundreds of flavors.
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