Because that’s not entirely correct. It does tend to go hand in hand, but there are other factors. Dry wines for example have more tannins that have an astringent property. They literally feel like they’re drying your mouth out. Same with like a dry vermouth. They have a very drying mouthfeel.
Sweet wines have the opposite effect. They do taste sweeter, but they also make your mouth water more and feel wetter in your mouth.
I find with wine it’s easy as long as you have a sweet wine and a dry wine to taste back to back. Something like a Cabernet Sauvignon has a lot of tannins making it dry. When you take a drink, you can run your tongue along your teeth and it almost feels hydrophobic. Compare that to a Port wine that’s like drinking hard grape juice. Then there are levels of dryness. Something like a Merlot is considered dry, but to me it’s closer to sweet than dry.
I probably only have a couple glasses of wine a year anymore, but there was a time when I was playing sand volleyball across from a wine store, and me and a teammate would go about an hour before, share a bottle, then play ball. I tried a lot of different wines and went to a couple wine tasting events. It really made me appreciate the differences between the different kinds and to some extent price points.
How much do you have to drink before that makes any sense?
You can usually tell immediately with one small taste. So 10mL maybe?
I meant the part where dry means not sweet.
Because that’s not entirely correct. It does tend to go hand in hand, but there are other factors. Dry wines for example have more tannins that have an astringent property. They literally feel like they’re drying your mouth out. Same with like a dry vermouth. They have a very drying mouthfeel.
Sweet wines have the opposite effect. They do taste sweeter, but they also make your mouth water more and feel wetter in your mouth.
I find with wine it’s easy as long as you have a sweet wine and a dry wine to taste back to back. Something like a Cabernet Sauvignon has a lot of tannins making it dry. When you take a drink, you can run your tongue along your teeth and it almost feels hydrophobic. Compare that to a Port wine that’s like drinking hard grape juice. Then there are levels of dryness. Something like a Merlot is considered dry, but to me it’s closer to sweet than dry.
I probably only have a couple glasses of wine a year anymore, but there was a time when I was playing sand volleyball across from a wine store, and me and a teammate would go about an hour before, share a bottle, then play ball. I tried a lot of different wines and went to a couple wine tasting events. It really made me appreciate the differences between the different kinds and to some extent price points.