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Default Need help About this wine - I'm a newbie at wine

>No. Ausbruch must readings (according to Austrian wine law) would
>mean an alcohol content of 20%, so Ausbruch can never be dry.
>

Michael

Are saying that these wines reach 20% alcohol, or that they have residual sugar
when the fermentation stops. Pardon my rudimentary knowledge of winemaking, but
my understanding is that fermentation stops when most still wines reach 15 - 16
% alcohol.

Tom Schellberg