Ripeness Level

[Thomas]

To add to wdonovan's comments: you can't evaluate French wine the way German wines are evaluated for their sugar levels at harvest. The reason the German system exists is in part because sugar is a precious thing in a cool growing region. Many parts of France are not that cool--and don't anyone of you get me for the potential double meaning [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img].




[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 03-07-2005).]