list of driest to sweetest--red and white

[Botafogo]

InnKeeper, no disrespect at all vibing your way. I added my short and to the point expansion of your post and thought that was that but the second post was responding to Drew's apparent need for some sort of special justification to talk about the wines of the most diverse wine culture on the planet or address the polite little lie involved in describing many "dry" table wines sold today.

Here in LA we have a large expat Russian community and there is hence a large market for quality (and not cheap) medium sweet (but not dessert) Reds including many Italian but also Hungarian and even Georgian wines. We find them (especially Recioto and Sagrantino Passito) to be fabulous solutions to heaping plates of Tandoori Meats in our favorite (and plentiful) Indian restaurants as well.

Roberto