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Wine vinegars do still contain some level of alcohol. The vinegar taste is actually due to acetic acid, but the chemical transformation is never fully complete just sitting around a kitchen. Vinegar would be much too gross to drink in the quantity it would take to intoxicate anyone.
Not all vinegars start out as wine made from grapes, however. There is also rice vinegar (made from rice, duh), malt vinegar (made from barley) and cider vinegar (made from apples). Each type of vinegar has a very different, and useful purpose. Here's everything you need to know about some of the most common cooking vinegars: