No carbs come from alcohol. Cal's, yes, but no carbs. It depends on what
you are counting.

I contacted the Splenda people and they would not recommend using splenda in
wine. It seemed like such a good idea,too. It seems that splenda is
basically sugar bound to a substance that prevents the sugar molecule from
being broken down so it passes through the body before it is used. Given
time, however, it will break down in liquid form and the sugar part will
become just that -- sugar. If you add it to unstabalized wine, it may break
down and start fermenting. Given time it will break down and then it will
become fattening.

If you want sweet, low carb wine, use splenda to sweeten it when you open
the bottle.

Ray

"Doug Miller" > wrote in message
m...
> In article >,
(keny mac) wrote:
> >New to your newsgroup! Looking foward to it!
> >
> >Long time fresh fruits & concentrate maker!
> >
> >New to "Wine Kit" making, love the simplicity, but to controled and to
> >sweet!!
> >
> >Just wondering if any of you guys tried "Splenda" as a sweetener?? Its
> >made from sugar without the bad stuff, carbs and cals....
> >
> Sweetening wine with Splenda instead of sugar to cut down on carbs and
> calories is just plain silly -- the vast majority of the carbs and
calories in
> wine come from the alcohol.