Re: Wine selection on the SCD diet

[Guest guest]

Pratick-

>For those following the SCD diet, how do you go about selecting wine or

>alcohol in

>general?

>I seldom drink distilled liquor, but do like an occasional glass of wine.

Dry is the order of the day. I believe dry white wine is preferred, but

many people do fine with dry reds.

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[Guest guest]

Pratick,

The alcohol percentage will determine how much of the sugars have been

consumed, hence the dryness. Generally, anything over 11% ABV is considered

to be a dry wine.

-Terry

Re: Wine selection on the SCD diet

>

> --- Idol <Idol@...> wrote:

>> Dry is the order of the day. I believe dry white wine is preferred, but

>> many people do fine with dry reds.

>

> Is there a way to determine how " dry " the wine is, if the label doesn't

> say anything.

> Like " Dry Riesling " is obvious, but how about others?

>

>

[Guest guest]

Pratick-

>Is there a way to determine how " dry " the wine is, if the label doesn't

>say anything.

>Like " Dry Riesling " is obvious, but how about others?

Not really, at least not without tasting it, but you can inquire at the

wine store, where someone may know, or you can try contacting the

vinyard. On occasion I've gotten a bottle at the farmer's market direct

from the source, so I can get (presumably) straight info.

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[Guest guest]

--- Terry Benouameur <tben@...> wrote:

> The alcohol percentage will determine how much of the sugars have been

> consumed, hence the dryness. Generally, anything over 11% ABV is considered

> to be a dry wine.

What about sherry and port wine?

They usually have > 17% ABV, but I don't think they are legal on SCD.

Why is that?

-Pratick

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[Guest guest]

> What about sherry and port wine?

> They usually have > 17% ABV, but I don't think they are legal on SCD.

>

> Why is that?

>

> -Pratick

>

I thought about that right after posting. You're right, the ABV certainly

wouldn't apply in the case of desert or fortified wines. Many of them

have added sugar.

Terry

[Guest guest]

Pratick-

>What about sherry and port wine?

>They usually have > 17% ABV, but I don't think they are legal on SCD.

The problem is that alcohol content does not actually mean that much when

it comes to residual sugar content. Sherry and port are generally sugary.

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[Guest guest]

Pratick-

>I don't know whether this is an international standard or not, but here in

>Ontario,

>Canada, all alcohol has a number assigned to it, which denotes how dry it is.

>I found this out by accident just this last week at the local LCBO (Liquor

>Control Board

>of Ontario).

Ah, how I wish we had that here in the States!

>To my shock, I realised that a brand of port I had been buying is a 30 !!

Sadly, ports are generally very sweet, though they're fortified. But one

way to end up with a higher alcohol content AND a higher sugar content

without fortifying is simply to start with a sweeter must (the juice that's

to be fermented into wine).

Anyway, you're set with that dryness index. That's terrific.

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[Guest guest]

>

> From: Idol <Idol@...>

>Subject: Re: Wine selection on the SCD diet

>

>Pratick-

>

> >I don't know whether this is an international standard or not, but here in

> >Ontario,

>>Canada, all alcohol has a number assigned to it, which denotes how dry it is.

>>I found this out by accident just this last week at the local LCBO (Liquor

>>Control Board

>>of Ontario).

>

>Ah, how I wish we had that here in the States!

The wine shop I frequent has a dry-to-sweet bar on its wines, so one

can tell for example how sweet that Gewürztraminer is in relation to

others, and in relation to other types of wine.

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