# Reducing alcohol in wine

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reducing-alcohol-in-wine/513237>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 9, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reducing-alcohol-in-wine/513237 "2009-10-09T21:19:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alex\_Dubinsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@Alex\_Dubinsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_Dubinsky)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reducing-alcohol-in-wine/513237/21 "2009-10-11T22:00:44Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Not just a taste like vinegar: That _is_ vinegar. Real vinegar is made precisely by the oxidation of alcoholic liquids.

Can I make my own gourmet balsamic vinegar by mixing wine with peroxide?

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reducing-alcohol-in-wine/513237/22 "2009-10-11T22:42:00Z")

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vinegar by the fast method is bubbling with air.

wine makes wine vinegar.

gourmet balsamic is aged 10 or much longer years, you might not want to wait that long.

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