"Radium" > wrote in message
ps.com...
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> N:dlzc D:aol T:com (dlzc) wrote:
> > Dear Radium:
> >
> > "Radium" > wrote in message
> > ups.com...
> > ...
> > > any part of the wine-making process is prevented
> > > using full-proofs
> >
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> > "fool proof"... meaning even a fool cannot screw it up.
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> LOL
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> >
> > > Yeasts are somehow protected from their own ethanol
> > > so that it doesn't injure or kill them.
> >
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> > Yeasts are killed by their own ethanol.
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> Not in my magical wine-making process. The yeasts are coated with
> something that prevents ethanol from entering their cells.

David, the alcohol is produced inside the yeast cells. Then the alcohol is
transported across the cell membrane out into the must.
Lum
Del Mar, California, USA
www.geocities.com/lumeisenman

> > It is a waste product.
> > People are similarly killed by their own CO2 emissions. It just
> > takes a high enough concentration to do the job.
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> >
> > David A. Smith
>