These labels are often selling a one-two punch of supposedly better-for-you alcohol.

Wine Enthusiasttracks the beginning of this trend to around 2019.

But do the claims of these wines stack up?

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Its advertising, Dr. Casassa says.

In the winemaking process, yeast converts sugar into alcohol.

Dry wines are those that leave a negligible amount of sugar behind after fermentation.

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So yes, saying that a dry wine is sugar free is completely redundant, says Dr. Casassa.

Its advertising, Dr. Casassa says.

Which brings us to our next point: That lower calorie wines are a entirely different beast.

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This means that alcohol itself is the overwhelming source of the calories in your average glass of vino.

So when a wine says it is lower calorie, it just means that it is lower in alcohol.

Low calorie wine thats actually lower alcohol is all fine and dandy.

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Thats understandable, but its also fundamentally meaningless, and even potentially misleading or harmful.

After all, do you really want to be thinking about calories and sugar content during those moments?

Thatnot caloriesis what wine is all about.

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