Wine fermentation looks for a specific year colonization. The decay and ferment in sugar solution is more akin to canning food. You'd never let food go that long after sterilization. That involves a great many more bacteria & fungi. I get what you're saying but I just don't see it as an apples to apples comparison.
Always looking for interesting plants for pollinators and food! Bonus points for highly, and pleasantly scented plants.
"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”] -- Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro. 46 BCE
