Riesling does not have to be sweet. I have made kit Riesling that came out
dry or just off dry and it was very much to my taste. Sounds like that is
the type of kit you have.

Ray

"Michael E. Carey" > wrote in message
...
> All,
>
> I just bottled my second batch of kit wine. Both so far have been dry
reds.
> I wanted to do a wine that I could give to folks that have been giving me
> bottles. A lot of those bottles have been reisling so I thought I would
try
> some for myself. I find it quite sweet and not really to my liking.
> Anyway, I bought a BK kit and am going to start it this evening. I read
> through the directions and was a little supprised. I expected that I
would
> need to stop the fermentation early in order to obtain the sweetness
> inherent in this wine. Instead, the instructions read much like the dry
> reds I have done. Looks like you pretty much let the fermentation run to
> completeness. Also, there does not appear to be packet that will add
> sweetness later. What am I missing here? Will this turn out sweet like
> many commercial reislings?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
>