Wine, they say, is an acquired taste, and this is very true. Just as a grade-school band teacher says that learning about music with a bad horn would make it difficult to succeed, so could acquiring this taste by starting with bad wines keep you from enjoying good wines.

Dry Wine Versus Sweet Wine

Most people begin their learning process with sweet wine. But sweet wine tastes mostly of fruit and sugar. This does little to complement the flavors of a good meal, and may greatly detract from that meal. Sweet wines can be fun with desserts, however. Dry wines are the opposite of sweet wines. Perhaps we could call "dryness" the absence of sweetness. Dryness is not bitterness, nor is it a taste of vinegar. Good dry wines make a good meal better.

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