Leo Bueno > wrote in message >. ..
> It is not all together clear to me whether late harvest wines are
> necessarily made from grapes attacked by the Botrytis fungus.
> Intuitively, I suspect one can just pick the berries after they have
> shriveled or cracked from freezing but have not necessarily been
> attacked by the fungus. Enlighten me please.

As Mark L. already said, "late harvest" means just that and nothing
more; neither Botrytis nor freezing necessarily involved, just very
ripe grapes that might or might not have their sugar content further
enhanced by dehydration.

- Mark W.