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Why isn’t the remaining grape sugar converted to ethanol and carbon dioxide

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Assuming that this question is referring to fermentation using yeast to convert sugars to alcohol and carbon dioxide. The reaction will stop after a certain percentage of alcohol is produced. This percentage is usually 10-13 percent. The yeast cannot survive in this environment and will die. So alcohol and carbon dioxide production will cease. 
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