{"id":38163,"date":"2024-11-13T11:25:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T10:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/refonte-asterix.fr\/personnages\/saingesix\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T11:19:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:19:36","slug":"alcoholix","status":"publish","type":"personnages","link":"https:\/\/asterix.com\/en\/characters\/alcoholix\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcoholix"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"15\" data-lineheight=\"22.5px\">An unknown wine merchant<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Even for the most savvy Asterix fans, Alcoholix is an impenetrable mystery. 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