Doug,
There are people out there who want a low carb life style. If it makes them
happy, why throw a wet blanket over their happiness. Live and let live. It
works for a lot of people even if it does not work for you. I don't
particularly care for diet soft drinks but I am not going to tell them they
are silly for drinking them. Yes there are different dietetic sweeteners
out there but I am not going to tell people they are making bad wine if they
use a particular one. Have a glass of what ever makes you feel better and
relax.

Ray

"Doug Miller" > wrote in message
. com...
> In article > , "Ray"
> wrote:
> >No carbs come from alcohol. Cal's, yes, but no carbs. It depends on
what
> >you are counting.
>
> Not according to an article that was in my newspaper a few days ago.
>
> Counting carbs and not calories is plain silly too, by the way.
> >
> >I contacted the Splenda people and they would not recommend using splenda
in
> >wine. It seemed like such a good idea,too.
>
> Not to this boy, it doesn't. Yes, it's sweet, and yes, it tastes better
than
> aspartame and waaaay better than saccharin, but it doesn't taste like
sugar,
> and doesn't have the same mouth feel either. It's a poor substitute,
> tastewise.
>
> If your wines are improved by adding Splenda... I'd say you need to start
> making better wine. :-)
>
> >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.
>
> Yuck.
>
> And if you want low-calorie wine -- forget it. There's no such thing.
> >
> >Ray
> >
> >"Doug Miller" > wrote in message
> om...
> >> 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.
> >
> >
>
> --
> Regards,
> Doug Miller (alphageek-at-milmac-dot-com)
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