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Wine Related Question The legs in wine and why we look at them

Sweet wine, dry wine, fruit wine, wiskey, and pure alcohol all have legs. All contain alcohol which is a form of sugar and there legs are all different. Fruit wines lack the nateral glycerine found in grapes so there legs are quit week. When a judge looks at the legs, what is he looking for?

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Answer by: Jennifer Chotzi Rosen

For years the standard answer has been that thick, slow legs indicate higher alcohol and/or sugar levels. But studies point to evaporation, colloidal solution, glycerin, surface tension....seems like the jury's still out. What legs DON'T tell you about is the quality of the wine.




About the Expert:
Jennifer Rosen, award-winning wine writer, educator and author of Waiter, There’s a Horse in My Wine, and The Cork Jester’s Guide to Wine, writes the weekly wine column for the Rocky Mountain News and articles for magazines around the world. Jennifer speaks French and Italian, mangles German, Spanish and Arabic, and works off the job perks with belly dance, tightrope and trapeze.

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