Reisling is way too sweet!

[RileyG]

I love Riesling. I also love Moscato.

 

[Red Gold]

Will I be unwelcome if I point out a third error? WIne is neither sweet nor dry by nature. It is made sweet or dry or something in between primarily based on how ripe the grapes are when harvested.

So it isn't in the wine cellar where sweetness levels are determined (though I would believe there is some impact), it is primarily in the vineyards themselves. When talking about a category such as Riesling there is also dependance on the region where the grapes are grown, as the different soil and climate characteristics also impact both ripening timeframes and some of the chemical makeups of the grapes.

sorry but you are wrong there and i am now too tired to explain again and again.
all my ancestors in luding my patents were winegrowers. Perhaps you can believe that i know what i am talking about

 

[Red Gold]

The sweetest of grapes may yield the driest of wines.
just saying.
it is decided in the cellar not in the vineyard!

 

[WolfGate]

sorry but you are wrong there and i am now too tired to explain again and again.
all my ancestors in luding my patents were winegrowers. Perhaps you can believe that i know what i am talking about

OK, I'll believe you that it can also be influenced in the cellar.

 

[Red Gold]

OK, I'll believe you that it can also be influenced in the cellar.

OK

 

[WolfGate]

OK

I realized my message could be read a bit dismissively. If it sounded that way, I apologize; that was not my intent and I meant it to be taken at face value. Clearly I don’t have the background you do, so being dismissive would be foolish. My prior impression came from speaking regularly (a few times a month) with people who are muscadine winegrowers. They have told me about how they vary sweetness of their particular wines by harvesting their grapes at different times. Your information made me curious so I will ask them if they also do anything in the cellar to influence sweetness.

 

[Red Gold]

In short, one could say

if you just leave grape juice alone, it will give you a dry wine by fermenting.
if you stop the fernenting at different stages, you get different stages of sweetness.

 

[Red Gold]

The time of harvesting also has its influences.

but the most important thing is the stopping of the fermenting