I can offer no stats, but I believe a lot of unsophisticated wine
drinkers still like sweeter wines.

Then there are the sophisticates who realise this and despise sweet
wines, which probably leads to people expressing preferences for dry
wines, even if they really like sweet ones.

I might be wrong here but I suspect there is residual suger in a lot
of cheap wines that do not advertise this fact. It appeals to the
masses and disguises poor wine. Such wines woudl appeal to both of
the above groups.

Me? I like both, for different occasions, but tend to drink more dry
wines.

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Steve Slatcher
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