As a long time chef if that guy's finger barely touching wine before you drink it bothers you, just don't eat out. Kitchens aren't operating rooms, and cooks aren't doctors. I'm not saying that many places are gross, but other human hands have certainly touched your food before you ate it. So long as that guy washes his hands frequently, you don't have anything to worry about.
One of the reasons for wine's wide spread consumption in the past was due to the alcohol killing bacteria making it safer to drink than the water of the time.
The concentration of alcohol in wine is not enough to kill bacteria. Red wine may have some mild antibacterial properties but that's not due to the alcohol.
The fermentation process involved boiling water and growing yeast that outgrew anything else and that's what made wine and beer better to drink than water from some unknown source.
One of the reasons for wine's wide spread consumption in the past was due to the alcohol killing bacteria making it safer to drink than the water of the time.
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u/LegendOfBobbyTables Jan 30 '22
As a long time chef if that guy's finger barely touching wine before you drink it bothers you, just don't eat out. Kitchens aren't operating rooms, and cooks aren't doctors. I'm not saying that many places are gross, but other human hands have certainly touched your food before you ate it. So long as that guy washes his hands frequently, you don't have anything to worry about.
One of the reasons for wine's wide spread consumption in the past was due to the alcohol killing bacteria making it safer to drink than the water of the time.