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What is a 'dry' wine?
Rob Curtross, NJ:
We are having a debate about the word "dry" when used with respect to wine. Is it subjective, as the second edition of The Oxford Companion has it. Or objective based solely on sugar measurements? How are you planning to handle the issue in the third edition? Here's what a proponent of the objective standard has to say: "Once again, I must disagree. You are taking a term which most of us think has a specific meaning, and making it into something which is entirely a matter of personal taste. You are taking a quantitative term and making into a qualitative term. After all, if dry is...
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