Question: what is the difference between cider yeast and wine yeast?
Answer: Champagne yeast has a very yeasty profile and will take your cider to bone dry. ... Most wine yeasts (including champagne yeast) will dry out cider. Ale yeasts work better for keeping some sweetness in it. My one attempt at using a cider yeast (from White labs, can't remember the number) ended up with too dry a finish.