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Today’s 1 Minute Read: Sweet Wine
Sweet wine doesn’t mean low quality. It means residual sugar was intentionally left in the wine—and balance matters more than sweetness alone.
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Sweet wine simply means that some natural grape sugar remains in the wine after fermentation stops. This can happen because fermentation is interrupted, alcohol levels rise too high for yeast to survive, or sweetness is intentionally preserved for balance. Sweet wines aren’t all dessert wines—many are carefully structured with acidity to keep them fresh, not syrupy. From off-dry Riesling to late-harvest and fortified styles, sweetness is a stylistic choice, not a shortcut. Read More


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Sweet wine doesn’t mean low quality. It means residual sugar was intentionally left in the wine—and balance matters more than sweetness alone.

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