Chaptalization

Rarity: Common

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At a glance

Class

Invention

Domain

Science and technology

Knowledge cost

3

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What Wikipedia says

Chaptalization is the process of adding sugar to unfermented grape must in order to increase the alcohol content after fermentation. The technique is named after its developer, the French chemist Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal.

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