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Chaptalization

February 7th, 2008 at 6:31pm |

Sometimes when grapes are grown in cooler climates, the sugar level in the grapes will not be high enough to produce enough alcohol to make good wine. In this case, although it is usually legally controlled, a process called chaptalization is used. Chaptalization is named after Comte Chaptal, the Napoleonic Minister who invented it. In […]

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