Sweetness in wine

Since this is wine, it cannot be simple.

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Sweetness in wine 9-15-2021

Sweetness in wine is fruitful ground for disputation. Some will never drink sweet. Others will drink nothing else.

Sweetness, residual sugar, can be scientifically measured. In still wines, bone-dry is less than one gram per liter (g/L). …