Dry Wines

[Thomas]

Your first question was easy to answer--this one takes experience, on your part. You have to taste wine and determine what you like or do not like--we can't do that for you.

How do you know you do not like tannin? Do you drink black tea? If so, you are tasting quite a lot of tannic acid.

When isolated, tannic acid is bitter But as part of the whole of the wine, it reacts to other compounds, thereby sometimes softening its effect. Each wine contains its own variation and level of tannin, depending upon the ripeness of the grapes and the winemaking techniques employed.