Rookie dry wine question.

[Innkeeper]

Hi Mom, and welcome to the Wine Board. Bitterness is found in red wine and comes from exposure to grape skins, seeds, stems, et al. It is concentrated in sediment and this should be decanted out. Dry is the condition of wine when all the sugar has been fermented into alcohol. Therefore it is a corallary of sweetness, not bitterness.

The only wine the regularly makes my lips pucker is Petite Sirah. Try the current vintage from Bogel. It runs around $10.