What You Need to Know
Must weight is a measure of the amount of sugar in grape juice (must) and, hence, indicates the amount of alcohol that could be produced if it is all fermented to alcohol, rather than left as residual sugar.
Steps
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Ice Wine (Germany): Critical for determining optimal harvest time for frozen grapes
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Port Wine (Portugal): Used to determine when to fortify with grape spirits
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Sauternes (France): Essential for monitoring noble rot development