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Alcohol concentration
Types of Wines
Still wines- Wines are mostly of this type. They retain none of the carbon
dioxide produced during the fermentation.
Sweet wines- Wines containing sugar which is left after fermentation or added.
Fortified wines- Wines in which distillate of wine has been added and contains
19 – 21 % alcohol by volume. (The vapour in a distillation that is collected and
condensed into a liquid.)
Table wines- Wines having low content of alcohol and little or no sugar.