{"id":10625,"date":"2018-05-24T16:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.xtrawine.com\/?p=10625"},"modified":"2018-12-07T17:54:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T16:54:23","slug":"why-shouldnt-you-add-sugar-to-italian-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.xtrawine.com\/en\/why-shouldnt-you-add-sugar-to-italian-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Shouldn\u2019t You Add Sugar to Italian Wine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p>Just picture the scene. You\u2019ve poured yourself <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xtrawine.com\/\">a glass of wine<\/a> that you hope to enjoy after a hard day at work. You take your first sip, only to find that the wine tastes too bitter for your tastes.<\/p>\n<p>Every wine drinker has likely found themselves in the same situation at one point or another. Typically, you can avoid it if you research the wine before buying it. But that\u2019s not always something that you\u2019re going to spend the time doing. If you\u2019re just picking up a quick bottle from the supermarket, you\u2019re likely not going to spend ten minutes on research.<\/p>\n<p>So, what can you do about sweetening a glass of bitter wine?<\/p>\n<p>Many people may come up with what seems like a simple solution.<\/p>\n<p>Adding sugar to a glass of wine would surely solve all of your problems. It would make the <!--more-->wine sweeter, thus making it more palatable.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s to stop you from doing it?<\/p>\n<p>Technically, there\u2019s nothing stopping you from adding sugar to your wine. But there are plenty of reasons why you should reconsider if this is starting to look like a reasonable option.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reason #1 \u2013 More Sugar in Wine Means More Sugar in You<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are some who argue that the world is gripped by an epidemic of diabetes. And as we all know, adding more sugar to your diet increases your risk of contracting Type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this only occurs when eating a high-sugar diet over an extended period of time. But that may be what you\u2019re doing if you regular add sugar to your wine.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how it works. When you consume sugar, it primarily enters your bloodstream for use by your cells. In this respect, sugar is the fuel for your body. Of course, there are natural sugars and refined sugars, but let\u2019s keep it simple for now.<\/p>\n<p>When everything\u2019s perfect, your body uses the sugar that you consume and leaves none behind. But it\u2019s when you eat too many sugars that you develop a problem.<\/p>\n<p>You see, your body uses insulin to process the sugars that you consume. But your body can also develop a resistance to insulin over time. Too much sugars means that you\u2019re producing too much insulin. Eventually, the hormone becomes less effective, which means there\u2019s even more sugar in your system.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s how diabetes develops.<\/p>\n<p>Now, remember that wine already contains natural sugars. It\u2019s made using grapes, which is a sugary fruit in its own right. Even the bitterest wines still contain a small amount of natural sugar.<\/p>\n<p>If you add to that with refined sugars, you\u2019re potentially making the wine more dangerous to drink.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, even without the diabetes issue you still have to deal with the fact that a high-sugar diet can lead to you putting on weight.<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, adding sugar to a glass of wine has no positive effects for your body outside of possibly altering the wine\u2019s taste to your preference.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reason #2 \u2013 It Struggles to Dissolve<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wine is not the same liquid as water.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s something that many who think about putting sugar into their wines forget.<\/p>\n<p>Because of this, sugar won\u2019t dissolve as easily into wine as it will into water or other liquids.<\/p>\n<p>Again, remember that your glass of wine already has its own sugar content. Adding more to the mix could basically turn it into a thick and unpleasant treacle.<\/p>\n<p>At best, you\u2019re going to be left with a glob of sugar at the bottom of your glass. Instead of sweetening the wine, you\u2019re going to do little more than five yourself a full mouthful of sugar once you\u2019ve consumed the liquid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reason #3 \u2013 You Affect the Quality of the Wine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Italian winemakers work for many hours to create their wines. They pour years\u2019 worth of knowledge and farming expertise into every single bottle that they produce. Moreover, you have organisations like the DOC, who regulate the creation of various wines to ensure they meet some pretty meticulous standards.<\/p>\n<p>When you add a spoonful of sugar to a glass of wine, you\u2019re directly insulting the producer that made the wine. Yes, the wine may not be to your taste. But by adding sugar you\u2019re completely changing its composition.<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, you don\u2019t get what the producer intended out of the wine when you try to alter its flavour like this. It\u2019s better to check the label to see what the sugar content is, rather than buying blind and changing things later.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, you will often find that adding sugar to your wine alters the taste so much that it becomes undrinkable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reason #4 \u2013 It Ruins the Production Process<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s move away from adding sugar at home and instead look at the production process.<\/p>\n<p>During fermentation, the yeast in a wine consumes sugar in order to make alcohol. It\u2019s during this process that the yeast will use all of the natural sugars available to it from the grape.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the amount of sugar that\u2019s available to the yeast determines the alcohol volume of the resulting wine.<\/p>\n<p>Now, imagine that a producer adds more sugar to the wine during the fermentation process. This gives the yeast more sugar to work with, which means it produces an even more powerful alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>Regular wines already tend to have alcohol volumes in the double digit regions. Adding more alcohol to the mix could potentially make a wine very dangerous indeed. Of course, proper labelling could mitigate this somewhat. But the fact remains that more sugar means more alcohol. Such a drink would be much more difficult to consume in moderation, as well as tasting completely different to untampered wines that come from the same grapes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Final Word<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, there\u2019s nothing to stop you from adding a spoonful of sugar to a glass of wine. Just know that the sugar won\u2019t dissolve well, you\u2019re making the wine less healthy, and you\u2019re completely losing the qualities that the wine exhibits because you\u2019ve changed ts chemical composition.<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just picture the scene. You\u2019ve poured yourself a glass of wine that you hope to enjoy after a hard day at work. You take your first sip, only to find that the wine tastes too bitter for your tastes. Every wine drinker has likely found themselves in the same situation at one point or another. 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