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The luscious sweetness of a wine like Sauternes comes from an unlikely source — a fungus.

What is it?

'Noble rot' (botrytis) that concentrates the grapes
Botrytis shrivels grapes, concentrating their sugar. Fine dessert wine isn't sweetened with table sugar.
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