differences in wines

[curious]

I guess I seem to focus on the alcohol aspect because I think I am working on two differnet concepts from my upbringing. I was raised, taught that "drinks" are broken into several categories. You have the soft drinks, i.e. pop, tea, that are acceptable to drink (even though they are really unhealthy for you). Then you have mixed drinks which is a combination of hard liquer and someting in it to make it less strong, then you have hard drinks that aren't diluted at all. My family and church placed wine into that category.
However, I don't, I think it has its own category. A drink that is made from grapes, a cultural aspect with its hitory, and yet as versitle as anything can be with all its distinctive tastes. Yet it does have alcohol, which is my problem area.
I have been raised by my parents and church that it is "SIN" to drink anything that has alcohol, and so it has just been recently, in fact the last 3 months, that I have changed my belief about it. The ole "nurture" aspect I guess.
When hubby and I tried our first bottle, that is all that we noticed, what to us was the strong aftertaste, burning sensation of alcohol.
Well, that is something that I believe a person has to become aclimated to, some have been raised with it and don't notice it, others, they immediately do.
I don't want my enjoyment of wine to be overshadowed by the taste of alcohol, which is what I have now, so, I must become used to it, adjust my body, senses and psychological/sociological/cultrualistic makeup to this new sensation.
My hubby says that I am like a pit bull, I don't give up, when I get involved in something, I sink my teeth in, and don't let go until I succeed.
Is the alcohol a personal hangup, most likely, but I will learn to deal with it. I just want to learn to enjoy wine, not wine wannabe's, like arbor mist, or boonesfarm.
Janette