sweetness

Greg's list is a good one. I would just add that oaked wines can pick up a sweetness from their wood treatment so if you're looking for particularly dry wines it might be best to avoid those styles.

Hey everyone, again I'm sorry it took so long to sit down and reply. It has ... problems with the level of sweetness in this wine. It was very rich and thick but did have a great level of acidity which carried all the...

So how sweet is too sweet for these people, Eric? Distilled liquors can be ... wine too sweet? Fruity sweetness the problem? I, too, have encountered folks who claim not to like any wine that's 'too sweet', though I...

Experiments in the Vegetarian Kitchen with Beaujolais and Butternut Mac & ... the wine accentuates the sweetness of the dish.  The tannins that once seemed somewhat out of place, are replaced with clove spice; and the...

I only use thin slices of lemon, and only one or two in the glass, so the ... above. Rather than the sweetness of the plum my body seems to prefer the acid of the lemon. And yes, unfortunately, food and drink quality in...

So you don't like even some of the more expensive chardonnays from Burgundy? I ... fruit, too much residual sweetness, too much alcohol, too much oak or any other messy imbalance to the wine. Ravenswood does a good job...

I've often had those crabs and others from the Sea of Japan, even though they ... through yet complements the sweetness of the crab. Getting hungry over here, Cigarman...

Hey all, I don't know how many people remember your first favored wine, but I ... the Palate is a rich sweetness, only slightly syrupy, heavy with honeydew melon, pear, apple, and a nice beautiful finish of citrus....

So while my first reactions while reading this were to start by recommending a ... Franc from Chinon though the sweetness of the pea puree is tough with Cabernet tannins. No better to go to a nice Beaujolais perhaps. Even...

Interesting to see a move from sweeter to drier. It's definitely been the ... wines that have that honeyed sweetness but still considerable acidity. On a slightly other point, I still can't really appreciate very...