We probably all started, as children, not liking it at all. Then one day we tasted a sweet sherry or a flowery sparkling Muscat and were intrigued. Bit by bit we learned how appetizing drier table wines can be. At some stage we learned that low-price wines are usually thin in their flavours, or at best monotonous; that extra quality consists of a more satisfying depth of taste under taste, a certain definite ‘attack’, and a lingering sweetness as you swallow.
