Tag: Chaptalization

Most fresh table grapes you buy from the store do not have any sugar added to them. Despite a common misconception, their sweetness is developed naturally on the vine through a process of photosynthesis, which converts sunlight into sugars like glucose and fructose.

Over 70 additives are approved for use in American wines, but does wine have corn syrup?. The simple answer is that high-fructose corn syrup is not a typical or legal additive in quality winemaking, but the practice of adding other forms of sugar for fermentation or sweetness does exist and is regulated by regional laws.