On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:02:05 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 24/09/2012 11:08 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Of course it also helps to know that in wine tasting "sweet" generally
>> means lower alcohol content as well - the sugars aren't converted to
>> alcohol,
> 
> I thought that it was the other way around. Sweet wine has higher
> alcohol content because the yeast is killed off when the alcohol reaches
> a certain level, leaving some sugar unfermented.

Hmmm, now I think of it, I might well have had it backwards.  Had a 
raspberry dessert wine last night, 14% alcohol content, and it was fairly 
sweet.

Jim

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