Wine Buyers Discuss: Interesting Wine History

The sugar content of dry wines is generally less than .25 ounces per gallon, while in a botrytized sweet wine it can reach almost 56 ounces per gallon.  Over the centuries, because of wine buyers, wine came to be seen not just as a luxury item, but a medicine as well.  For along time it was also a basic foodstuff, usually mixed with water to quench thirst.  Many publications described wine as the “most hygienic drink, “  (wine buyers take note) and it was indeed safer to drink diluted wine than water alone.  The early 20th century was very much the era of the temperance movement for wine drinkers, wine sellers, and wine buyers throughout the world.