Sweetness scale

[Innkeeper]

Welcome to the board Dapapa. The primary reason why there is not sweetness scale for wines is that the overwhelming majority of table wine in the world is dry. By dry we mean that all or most of the sugar in the juice is fermented into alcohol. In addition to table wine (wine you drink with the meal) there is dessert wine (wine you drink after the meal or with dessert. Dessert wine is always sweet.

There are table wines that can be sweet. Both Reisling and Chenin Blanc are usually off dry to some degree unless the word "Dry" is on the label. Lambrusco is a sweet red table wine.