He added: "Too often, wines don't taste like they come from somewhere; these really do."

This, he argues, is why so many wines from around the world all taste the same.

What would wines taste like if the scourge had never come?

This gave consumers a general idea of how the wine might taste.

At home I discovered that the wine tasted a lot better than the stuff we had been buying.

It was supposed to be very good, but all wine tasted alike to him.

Then, he says, most producers blended their wines and one tasted more or less like the next.

A dry wine can taste sweet if the alcohol level is elevated.

Interestingly, we all agree the wines taste better on the fruit day.

Vineyards, she thought, and wondered how the local wine tasted.