Friday, April 27, 2012

Hello fellow wine lovers,
     How many out there know the difference between sweet wine, semi-sweet wine, dry wine & semi-dry wine?  Probably the easiest way to explain this is my simple minded explanation as follows:  A sweet wine is very high in sugar, usually over 5% sugar.  It's hard for the average person to tell the difference between 5% or 8% sugar in wine.  Sweet is sweet.  A semi-sweet wine is usually half the sweetness of the highly sweet versions. 
     An off dry or semi-dry wine is pretty much dry with a hint of sweetness..  A dry wine is sugar free or close to it.  It is your average "pucker your upper" wine and goes good with food.  So, it goes like this, lots of sugar, half the sugar, very little sugar, and no sugar. 
     Now that wasn't hard was it?  By the way at the winery in Kane probably 70% of our customers prefer the sweet or semi-sweet wines.  At our store  in Kennett Square, PA it is the opposite.  70% of their customers prefer the dry or semi-dry wines.  We try to make something for everyone's palate so hope you find something you really enjoy.
Bottoms Up,
Ron

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