How do you tell if wine is dry?

Question

I have never understood this. could someone help me?

Answer 1

It does not have a sugary taste (sweet wines taste closer to grape juice)...dry wines are more tart and sometimes leave a velvetly texture feeling in your mouth.

Answer 2

"Dry wines" typically refers to the after taste of the wine as well as the mouth feel accompanying the after taste. Some folks looks for this characteristic in their wine while other search for wines that are not dry (another term can be "chalky"). A couple of examples of dry red varieties are Merlot, "big" or "spicy" Cabernets, typically any Italian table wine- there are several. Contrary to what others posted even sweet wines leave the mouth dry after wards, such as some Rieslings, Eisvines(sp?), and Gewurztraminer. Pinot Grigio, or Sauvs. are examples of non-sweet dry white wines. Hope this is helpful-
Cheers

Answer 3

well in Ontario liquor stores, the sugar content rating is displayed on the shelf label, you can probably find some sort of guide wherever u buy wine.

With good wine, you do not get any bad aftertaste when a wine is dry, so hard to say that this is a hard and fast rule.

Try a nice Italian wine, say MASI's "Amarone". Goes down like velvet.

Answer 4

In wine terms, dry is the opposite of sweet.
It has nothing to do with alcohol content, texture, flavor or anything else.
A wine can be dry, off-dry(slightly sweet) or sweet.

Answer 5

if the bottle is empty -its dry lol

taste if it leaves a light flat taste its dry

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Answer 6

Dry means that wine has a little sweet and snap to it.

Answer 7

really simple, look at the alcohol content, The higher the percentage of alcohol the drier the wine. use a 11% as the middle of your scale , lower = sweeter , higher = drier
Alcohol has a dessicating effect-it removes water

Answer 8

normally referring to someone as dry refers to their sense of humour

humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"

Dry humour is humour told in a "dry" way, without emotion, e.g. seriously. So you tell a joke like it's not a joke, in a matter-of-fact kind of way.

Answer 9

dry wine will remind you alot of cranberry juice. its good goin down and leaves you feeling like you have cottonmouth

Answer 10

it will taste dry you will know it when you taste it try a shot of extra dry gin and that is the best way to explain it but dry