As wine buyers, we are often approached by inexperienced wine sellers that ask very intelligent questions. One question I got from extreme newbies is, “What is actually in wine”.
Wow. How to answer this. Wine is made up of more than a thousand substances, not all of which have been analyzed in detail. The majority of these components as researched by wine buyers, such as vitamins and minerals, come from the grapes, the raw material of wine, while others, like ethanol and glycerin, are products of the winemaking process. Others still, such as sugar and vitamin C, are either partially or completely removed. I could go on and on about what’s in wine. Perhaps in another post.
