Wine with Meg + Mel
Wine with Meg + Mel
Mel Gilcrist, Meg Brodtmann
Sugar-Free Wine: Exposing the Marketing Myth
31 minutes Posted Aug 8, 2025 at 3:00 am.
Welcome and Episode Reintroduction
Meet Meg and Mel
New Zealand Wine Adventures
Fun Fact: Alcohol and Voting History
Zero-Sugar Wine Marketing Claims
The Science of Sugar in Wine
The Mysterious Master of Wine
Tasting and Reviewing Pure Wines
Final Thoughts and Question from Jess
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Send us Fan Mail Meg and Mel tackle misleading wine marketing claims, exposing a company that touts "zero-sugar wine" as revolutionary when most dry wines already contain negligible sugar levels. They investigate a suspicious endorsement from a non-existent Master of Wine and taste-test the underwhelming products. • Most dry wines already contain minimal sugar (around 0.5g per litre or less) • The fermentation process naturally converts grape sugars into alcohol • Laboratory testing confirme...