In Champagne, chaptalization is not to be confused with "dosage," adding sugar after the second fermentation to set the sweetness of the bubbly - extra brut, brut, demi-sec and so on.

6) Chaptalization: Winemakers have added sugar to grape must since Roman times, but it was French chemist Jean-Antoine Chaptal who discovered the end result wasn’t sweeter wines — instead ...

Chaptalization has a long-established history, was promoted by a Frenchman, and is legal in most of the United States and many parts of Europe. That being said, chaptalization remains a bit of a ...

Chaptalization of pre-fermented grape must came close to being banned by the European Union in 2008 as part of wider reforms in the wine industry, but remained legal, ...

The group's members note that vintners find techniques such as chaptalization tempting because they save money, increase profits and can make up for lack of good weather. But they believe that it's ...

1: In Italy, Austria, USA (California, etc.), South Africa, and Australia chaptalization is prohibited under wine laws, but in France, Germany, New Zealand, Chile and other countries it is ...