When I taste wine, I like to break it down into several key dimensions. Each wine sits somewhere on a spectrum — from low to high, light to powerful. By placing a wine along these spectrums, we can clearly understand its personality. Below are the main characteristics I use when evaluating wine. 1. Sweetness Sweetness describes how much residual sugar remains in the wine. The spectrum usually looks like this: Dry → Off-dry → Sweet → Dessert wine The wines …

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