> but in no way more special than say, other fruit juices or beverages. > Do you maximize the experience of a fine meal with a flight of six different orange j

> but in no way more special than say, other fruit juices or beverages. > Do you maximize the experience of a fine meal with a flight of six different orange juices A lot of people usually prefer to not have sweetness in their meal (at least where I live). Conversely I understand that people loving sweetness and not sour or bitter taste are perplexed by wine. > And yet there is certainly as much variation in citrus juice as there is in grape. You are underplaying the effect of fermentation, like from milk to a strong blue cheese. But yes other fermented juices could be as interesting, for example I heard Americans were quite into hard cider ("apple wine") in the past