[Sca-cooks] sugar substitute for wine making?

[Sue Clemenger]

I don't *think* so...AFAIK, they just taste sweet.  Something like
Nutrasweet (isn't that the one that's got the same calories as sugar but
is many, many times sweeter) might theoretically work, but that might
make your beverage unpalatably sweet.
I don't recall adding sugar to the wine I've made--think the
yeast-beasties live off the natural sugars in the ingredients.
--maire

Mike Newton wrote:
>
> Can one use a sugar substitute to make the yeast work in a wine? My diabetic
> father was wondering.
>
> Thorbjorn