Supple. Velvety. Grippy. Opulent. Smooth. Chewy. Silky. Anyone who has read a wine review or attended a tasting has seen or heard these descriptors and many more, which are usually applied to tannins ...

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Michael Twelftree, the proprietor and managing director of Two Hands Wines in Australia’s Barossa Valley, describes the experience of tasting a red wine this way: “The fruit is the engine and railcars ...

A good red wine has just the right amount of tannins, said Dave McIntyre in The Washington Post. “Without tannins, red wines can be flabby and fragile.” But too many tannins make a wine taste bitter, ...

DENISON, Texas, Dec. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- What gives red wine its grip, structure, and signature drying feel? According to a HelloNation article, Wine Expert “Mr. Wine of Texas” Bob Landon of ...

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In nearly every question-and-answer session following a wine appreciation class, questions like, “What makes those old red wines so great?” and “How can a 50-year-old wine be so expensive?” inevitably ...

Wine aficionados know that a well-paired wine enhances the flavors of whatever foods one consumes, while a poorly paired wine does the opposite. And some foods can, in turn, influence the flavors in a ...

Wine tannins are the little girl with the curl. When they are good, they are very good indeed. But when they are bad they are horrid. They are horrid because that is what nature wants tannins to be.