Here’s a handy fact: if you’re interested in a wine with 5 grams of sugar or less per litre, look for one from a region with cool climates. You’ll find the g/L sugar content listed right on the website description or on the store shelf label. And if you’re interested in a wine with a lower alcohol content, look for a “light” wine. Regular wine usually contains 13 to 14% alcohol by volume, whereas light wine has 9% or less. You’ll find the alcohol content (% alc./vol.) listed on the product label on the store shelf and on the product's website description on LCBO.com.

 A light beer has 2.6 to 4% alcohol by volume, an extra-light beer has 1.1 to 2.5%, a low-alcohol beer has less than 1.1%, whereas a non-alc brew is less than 0.5%. Some brewers use dealcoholization to remove the alcohol from the finished product, whereas others reduce or prevent the alcohol from being formed in the first place.

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