Esters in alcoholic beverages contribute several fruitlike and
floral aromatics.Esters are mainly produced during ethanol fermentation
by yeast, in the reaction between alcohols and acetyl-CoA
catalyzed by acetyl-transferases Since ethanol is the main alcohol among all
the alcohols produced during fermentation, ethyl acetate formed
from ethanol and acetyl-CoA is the predominant ester synthesized
by yeast, which is approximately one third of all esters produced in
alcoholic beverages