• qyron@sopuli.xyz
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    5 months ago

    As someone from a wine country: wow. That is a description of nightmare.

    I wouldn’t use that even for cooking.

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      5 months ago

      Its a tonic wine, it was traditionally literally used as medicine, hence tasting like medicine

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        5 months ago

        I read some comments and found one describing the wine as such, being enriched with caffeine. But wow!, nonetheless. That sounds just awful.