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My (Japanese) friend gave me a suggested translation of this sentence:

> 普段ワインはなかなか飲まないのだけど、いろんな味、風味、渋味甘味が感じられて良き体験でした。
>
> By no means do I usually drink wine but, it was a good experience _because_
> I drank various flavours, sweet/bitter flavours.

He told me he thought て was acting as なので. Is this the case?
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grammar translation て-form conjunctions
て used as "because"?
Yes, te-form can often denote a reason or a cause, but it's not as explicit as
～なので or _because_ in English. Most of the time, "AてB" is more naturally
translated as "A, and B", "A, so B" rather than "Because A, B".

See this article: [te-form (て-form) for Cause or Reason](http://www.learn-
japanese-adventure.com/te-form-cause-reason.html)
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