Re: removing ethanol from wine

There are bacteria that can catalyze the ethanol to acetic acid. (See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetic_acid_bacteria ) Then one could easily
neutralize the acetic acid with an appropriate base. Of course the
bacteria could really mess up the taste and generate other unwanted stuff.

Marshall


Mxsmanic wrote:

> Isn't there something you can put into the wine that would catalyze
> the conversion of ethanol to water and carbon dioxide? Then all you'd
> have to do is let the CO2 fizz away and you're done.
>
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