I came upon wines rather late, only about 35 years ago. Haven't had even one beer for 4 or 5 years. Like JimmyT, I gradually discovered that dry red wines are much tastier than the sweeter ones. Which is why, I suppose, that I rarely have a white wine. Is there such a thing as a dry white? Or rose- I've had White Zinfandel, kind of by accident, and I suspect that comes under the heading of a rose. As JimmyT said, it was wet. And flavored.

I don't care much for burgundy and I'm not sure why. It doesn't seem to have the 'bottom' or the 'heft' that a Cabernet Sauvignon has so generally I stick to the Cab. Or sometimes Merlot. (I've even had them blended together. But recently I had a Cabernet/Merlot blend and I didn't care for it at all. It seemed neither fish nor fowl, so to speak.) Shiraz to me seems a little rawer, a little sharper, not as silky.

Have you ever had the experience in a restaurant of having a glass or two of a wine you enjoyed and suddenly discovered with the next glass that they had brought a different kind? Unmistakable. I don't know if it was only because it was a newly opened bottle, as they claimed, or if it was a different wine altogether, as I thought. And think.