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[Thomas]

Tyrell, as I tell my customers, no wine is sweet unless it is produced that way. It's like the coomon statement I hear at my shop: "Riesling is sweet." Well, some are but some aren't--only specific wines are or are not sweet, unless they are in the dessert wine class, which is supposed to be sweet.

And then, sweet in sparkling wine is an elusive concept. Brut, by far the most commonly known of the sparkling wine categories, can be as dry as .50% sugar by volume and as sweet as 2.plus% sugar by volume. That is a wide range, and the sweetness sensation depends on the level of acidity, plus the tightness of the bubbles.

Good Prosecco has tight, fine bubbles and is in the Brut style--certainly, it is hardly as sweet as a so-called Extra Dry Champagne, which is what most weddings opt for and which begins above 2% sugar by volume.