Wine storage

[SandraC]

Hi,

If someone could explain how I would know the sugar content in wine that you purchase in wine stores?

Thanks,
SandraC

 

[DoctorCAD]

Some wineries have that info available on their websites.

 

[BernardSmith]

Hi Sandra, The sugar content? I would think that if you buy an hydrometer (about $7 or $8 ) and use it to measure the density of the wine (the specific gravity) from that you could calculate the residual sugar. I think too - although I have never used these but the tablets you can buy at pharmacies (Clinitest , I think they are called, to test for sugar in urine) can also be used to measure the sugar in wine...

 

[Runningwolf]

Clinitest is the only way I know of doing it fairly accurately.