Increasing Alcohol Content

[winoweenie]

Summa, I think you're looking for something unethical where non exists. All of the winemakers I know would never, under any circumstance, jeopardise their bond to add sugar ( chaptailize) to thier wines to increase the alcohol level. This is done routinely in France and there have been far more cases uncovered of fraudulent practices in France than in the good ole' USofA. Our climate makes for good grape-growing conditions almosy yearly. Critisize the greedy lil' buggers for their pricing practices( which they learned from the French) but don' put a blanket question on their ethics. WW