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Originally Posted by chocolatelab
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She swears the alcohol content was different over there. Wine with lunch-wine with dinner never any ill effects.
Why is that?
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The avg. US wine drinker likes a big, fast "hit" and after that, smoothness. Europeans and - um - more experienced people, like to explore the complexities a grower and maker can bring out in a wine.
That adds up to very high EtOH levels in "US friendly" wines.
Also, it is easy to get high scores on blind tastings by adding or creating high EtOH in a wine.