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How did the word 'dry' come to mean not sweet, as in the case of wine?

Is sweet wine considered 'wet'?

Posted - June 13, 2019

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  • 8214
    I believe "dry" means less sugar which actually means it leans toward a vinegar taste. 
      June 13, 2019 3:05 PM MDT
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  • 44620
    I've never tasted wine with a vinegar taste.
      June 13, 2019 3:08 PM MDT
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  • 8214
    All cheap wines taste like vinegar to me.  
      June 13, 2019 3:31 PM MDT
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  • 44620
    Then I assume you would not drink this:

      June 13, 2019 3:37 PM MDT
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  • 8214
    hahahaha nope.  In my long life I have had one, merely one glass of exceptional wine.  One other time I had some good wine in Napa Valley.  That's it. 
      June 13, 2019 5:32 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    Sorry on the first post.  It was the exact opposite of what I was trying to say.  Which leads me to a question I might display.
    Anyway,
    when you are looking for a direct bite and it is dry, your body will compensate by making more saliva.
    Biologically speaking, it makes you "wet" on many aspects.
      June 13, 2019 3:30 PM MDT
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  • 44620
    It would be pretty hard not to get that bit of a pun.
      June 13, 2019 3:39 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    You know. I try to keep the innocent as innocent as they must be until someone drops the bomb on them.  Lord knows, let that not me be!


      June 13, 2019 4:04 PM MDT
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  • 44620
    Yeah...right you are. LOLOL 
      June 13, 2019 4:07 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    ..... way back when there was no dirt.....
    There were wizards and wizardresses that really didn't exist because it was all magic.

    Honey, Element, you know that is way before the time of anyone to sit down and read.

    What I love is theories and with theories become stories
    And stories prove that magic does exist.

    ...  And dry wine
    Hugs and Loves, always! 

      June 13, 2019 4:09 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    If you take out the sexual innuendo that I normally tend to, bartending is another. I can tell you.
    I also deal with the natural way of living and health.
    If you are diabetic, anything sweet is not good and drinking a glass or two of red wine will not help your cause of living.
    If I go on, which I tend to do, also, on top of sexually and bartending, my whole thoughts on the topic will be too long.  You can look up dry and sweet red wines and their reprocussions and benefits to your health.
    If you don't desire that's o.k., too.

    All wines are good whether you care to whine about your wine or whether the taste in your mouth is bitter or sweet.
    Most bodies seem to need fermented somethings.

    I don't mean to sound snappy, but Don is on his way home.  And guess what I have to do???
    Clean the KITHCEN!  Of course!
    Love Ya tons! This post was edited by Merlin at June 14, 2019 12:06 AM MDT
      June 13, 2019 3:54 PM MDT
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  • 44620
    I still love you.
      June 13, 2019 4:08 PM MDT
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  • 4624
    The dry feel on the tongue and in the mouth when thirsty is slightly similar to the feel or taste of bitterness when one tastes tannins or alkaline foods.
    A dry wine doesn't just lack sweetness, it has an actively bitter or "dry" taste, sometimes immediate but in older wines not sensed until the aftertaste.
      June 14, 2019 12:05 AM MDT
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