Oak was used in so many things that using it just to store wine would have been a luxury.
Vanillin is also found in some pine barks.
It is not a real unusual chemical compound in nature. What makes the vanilla bean so unusual is the high amount found in it.
It is sort of like maple sap. All tree sap has sugar in it. The sap from the sugar maple just has more then usual.
“All tree sap has sugar in it. The sap from the sugar maple just has more then usual.”
I’ve had Sycamore syrup and paper bark Birch syrup.
A paper bark Birch has a lot of sap... It’s amazing the amount of sap that comes out of a paper bark birch tree it’ll flood the ground around the tree if you cut a branch off.
The best violin rosin comes from Sycamore sap as well.