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Wine Enthusiast: What Does ‘Dry Red Wine’ Mean?

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Originally published March 16, 2021

Content reflects information available at the time of publication.

Enthusiast’ Maria Hunt

Join Maria as she takes you through an educational journey of wine industry gurus talking to how they decipher a dry red wine. Like our very own Kathy Gordon, lead host at our Adobe home, for Three Sticks Wines. [She] has a foolproof way to define the concepts of dry, sweet and fruity in its Pinot Noirs.

“One of my analogies for explaining that is fruit tea,” she says. “Like with orange Pekoe tea, it’s fruity, but not sweet. Then if you add honey, it’s sweet and fruity. I like analogies with things they are familiar with. It helps cement that idea in their mind.”
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