The wisps, webs, and curls of mold are colored from velvety black to silvery white and everything in between. Some have a green tinge, some blue. Some patches glisten with droplets of moisture. The stuff hangs from the ceiling, the walls are draped with it, and while it is not exactly teeming, it does appear to be taking over. Thus, the visual backdrop as you regard the robe of the wine in your glass. The cool, damp air is pleasantly thick with aroma. There is the rowdy, backward smell of new red wine in barrel, the mysterious hoary/fresh smell of the fungus, and the continual evaporation of
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