Which wine is lowest in calories?

It's nearly impossible to generalize because every winemaker uses a different "recipe". They harvest their grapes at different stages of ripeness, and they use different kinds of yeast and so on.

That all being said, if you drink an ice wine for example that is VERY high in sugar and calories, so that would be one to avoid

Going by flavor is not a bad idea. So for example a Prosecco sparkling wine from Italy tastes very sweet and is also high in sugar. A Cabernet - red wine - from California does not taste sweet at all and that would be lower in sugar.

Now that all being said, *alcohol* itself is a fuel for your body and has calories. So you want to get the lowest percent alcohol you can in the wine, to reduce those alcohol-provided calories. A wine with 15% alcohol is going to have a lot more alcohol (and therefore calories) than a wine with only 5% alcohol.

So those are the two things to look for. A not-sweet flavor, and a low alcohol number.

How many calories are in the lowest calorie wines?

I have an online calculator here -

http://www.wineintro.com/basics/health/calculator.html

1.6 x percentage x oz in glass

So this means if you have 10% alcohol, and 4oz in your glass, you would do

1.6 x 10 x 4

which is 64 calories.

The trick is finding a low alcohol wine that you really enjoy! Do some taste testing, maybe throw a party with your friends!

64 calories is fine with me. though im not really concerned about the calorie intake. i drink porto. that's my favorite. a little bitter but smooth.

Welcome Kyle - I *adore* port!! I would drink that all night every night. Do you like to drink it "without any food" - or do you like it with cheese or chocolate? I love it with chocolate.

Remember that port is higher in alcohol and sugar - so it's far more than 64 calories!

Is there anything that can calculate calories to include residual sugar? I am counting calories but still love my sweeter wines with my spicy asian food...as well as sipping on some port while winding down for the evening.

by the way, if you don't have a set of port sippers...get some : ) they do make a difference and they are fun!

I do have port sippers! I will have to take a photo of them for those who don't know what they are. They have tiny little 'straws' to drink from. They are fun to drink from, but they lose a lot of the flavor because you don't have the nice bowl where the aromas gather while you drink. As you probably know, your tongue only tastes sweet / salty / etc. So all those rich port flavors come from the aromas. I adore port so I don't like to interfere with the aromas

There is no way for any calculator to know how much residual sugar is in a wine. The bottle tells you the alcohol percentage - so you can calculate that into calories. However the bottle usually does not tell you the residual sugar.

A few ice wines will tell you - sort of to boast about it - but usually wines will not give you this information. So really there is no way at all to know unless you want to set up a chemistry lab in your kitchen

Port is a double whammy. It's high in alcohol so that gives you more calories. It's also high in sugar so you get those extra calories too. I could try to figure out the *average* port residual sugar by asking around, which would at least give us a starting point.

Good point on the sippers! I didn't go into much detail. They are definitely more of a conversation piece.

I have just spent the past 4 years in Washington State and they tend to advertise residual sugar...apparently they tried to get it to catch on, but it hasn't taken. Since my wine knowledge grew extensively while living down the road from so many wineries, I actually became familiar with whether or not I would like the wine based on the grape and residual sugar.

Anyway, an average port value would be awesome.

Great site by the way...I will pass it on

Thanks so much!

I will post as soon as I get some research done on port sugar values!