In article >,
Mike Tommasi > wrote:
>axlq wrote:
>> In article >,
>> Steve Slatcher > wrote:
>>> If you really want to know:
>>> http://www.awri.com.au/analytical_se...sp?additive=89
>>
>> That tells you additives permitted by country only. California
>> has restrictions that other states don't have. For example
>> chaptalization - adding sugar - isn't legal in California
>> (regardless of its alleged rampancy), although it's permitted and
>> downright necessary in other states that can't grow grapes with
>> sufficient sugar content.
>
>Maybe those states should grow other other fruit...

Well, certain grapes grow best in areas outside California.
Muscadine, for example, does better in southeastern states like
Florida (that's where it's been grown since the 16th century).

The grape doesn't have as much natural sugar as other species -
but it has a higher resveratrol content than *any* other species,
giving the wine possible health benefits. Conversely, grapes like
Zinfandel, Cabernet Savignon, and Mission aren't suited for Florida.

-A