10 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Drink Clean Wine

Many people who seek out wines that are called clean are often doing so because of health-related concerns. It is obvious that no one should let brands provide medical advice, that wine is an alcoholic product that can have a detrimental influence on the body, and that the news is full of conflicting reports about the health impact of wine. It can be overwhelming. “Part of the challenge is that most people have their own definition of healthy wine,” says Kathy Clancy. “It may include low calories, low alcohol, low processing, no synthetic chemicals, high antioxidants, or a combination of these.”

For instance, some diets discourage different types of sugar, which some wines do contain, though most dry wines have very little or no sugar. Because there are no nutrient values on the wine label, shoppers can be left confused unless a wine happens to claim that it’s sugar-free. Sugar in wine is a complicated subject; for the most part, most sugar present in wine comes from the actual grapes. If a product claims that most other wine producers are adding in sugar, that’s not entirely accurate (this process is illegal in some parts of the world), but the contention will probably drive consumers to leave out many wines that would actually fit in the low or no sugar category, but that didn’t make that claim on packaging or sales materials. Note: the most likely place to find sugar content will be on a tech sheet, which most wineries provide for each of their products.