1.   Alternatively, diners can resort to a pinch of sugar if an overly acidic dish makes the wine seem to lose its fruit.

2.   An artichoke can make an elegant white wine seem tinny and cloying.

3.   It is just rich enough to make the wine seem like a clean relief, without weighing you down.

4.   Red wine in general seems to be doing better.

5.   Somehow, the bit of subterfuge made a good wine seem even better.

6.   That is why a tannic wine seems smoother when paired with a rare steak.

7.   The French wine seems sharper and thinner, but will probably do better with fish or chicken than an American chardonnay.

8.   The wine seemed too rich, too golden to him.

9.   The youngest was almost mouth-puckering, but with age, the wines seemed to mellow, emphasizing their extraordinary balance.

10.   These wines seem somewhere between the heightened intensity of the best California wines and the more spare European style, but styles can vary.