How much alcohol is in white wine?

White wine is a wine that is fermented without skin contact (the grape juice is fermented without the grape skins in it). The colour can be straw-yellow, yellow-green, or yellow-gold. It is produced by the alcoholic fermentation of the non-coloured pulp of grapes, which may have a skin of any colour. White wine has existed for at least 4000 years.

The alcohol content in white wine varies from 5% to 14% but comes in at an average of 10% ABV (alcohol by volume). The less ripe, white grapes used in fermentation have less sugar than darker grapes. This sugar converts to ethanol at a lower rate as well. This gives white wine its sweet taste but keeps it light and refreshing.

Since there's less alcohol, it's also easy to drink more white wine in one sitting.