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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The sweetness of a wine is defined by the level of sugar in the wine. Vintage: the story of Wine by Hugh Johnson presents several methods that have been used throughout the history to sweeten wine. The most common way was to harvest the grapes as late as possible. This method was advocated by Virgil and Martial in Roman times. In contrast the ancient Greeks would harvest the grapes early, to preserve some of their acidity, and then leave them in the sun for a few days to allow them to shrivel and concentrate the sugar. In Crete a similar effect was achieved by twisting the stalks of the grape to deprive them of sap and letting them dry on the vine - a method that produced passum and the modern Italian equivalent, passito.

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