Ummm, I think this was a valid question....

The poster wants to know how to test the residual sugar in wine. A standard
way of doing is to use the Clinitest kit that was used for testing sugar in
urine for diabetes.Works fine for wine too.

I don't know about clinistix, but I do know that the blood sugar meters
won't work because they only respond to glucose levels and wine sugars are
a mix of glucose, sucrose, fructose and others.

The mad kiwi winemaker.

On 2004-03-13 17:07:45 -0500, "Pinky" >
said:

> As a diabetic I really can't put up with this sort of fatuous post by a
> troll!
> I would ask no one else to respond and I am sorry for posting myself!
> It make me so cross! I mean really what a load of rubbish ( my spelling
is
> wrong.It should be "cr*p")
>
> -- Trevor A Panther
> In South Yorkshire, England
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> "TAMSNJ" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Can clinistix (by Bayer) be used to test wine sugar? What
concentrations
> of
> > sugar correspond to the colors on the test?
> >
> > How about a diabetic's blood sugar test meter? Can this be used to test
> for
> > sugar? How do I translate from the meter reading to % sugar in the
wine?
> >
> > Sorry if these questions are too simple for this group. Thanks to those
> that
> > respond.
> >
> > JPG
>
>
>


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