How do you know what wine is a good wine?

I know a lot of people will disagree, but basically the best way to judge a wine is by your personal tastes. If you like it and the people you are serving it to like it, then it's a good wine. Some people might insist that a particular vintage of Merlot is a great wine, but if you don't like red wines, you'll hate it.

No matter how technically proficient the wine is, it all basically comes down to your tastes. Personally, I have a great fondness for sweet red wines, so some of the locally produced Concords are among my favorites. But a friend, who is a winemaker, insists that the Concord is crap, it has none of the subtleties of the other varietals or other wines.

She will also tell you that wine is a matter of taste and what tastes great to you might not appeal to others. To find a great wine from the few choices in your home town, ask the people who drink wine. Ask at the liquor store (if you trust them) and be sure to tell them you are looking for a wine that tastes great, not one with a label that will impress the neighbors.

Wine is a subjective thing. What "Good Wine" is will not be defined by price, brand or someone else's opinion. Smell it, Swirl it, Taste it.. and if you enjoy it that's good wine.

The top answer is correct in that it's a matter of personal taste. I've drank very expensive wine and I've drank very cheap wine and, I must say, the cheaper wine actually tasted better to me. I've never liked white wine much.

I've never liked dry red wines much like Cabernet or merlot. I've also never liked sweet wines much, as they upset my stomach. The BEST wine, in my humble opinion, is Reunite Lambrusco.

Not too sweet. Not to dry. It's the perfect combination for me.

If it stays at the barrel for over a couple of years... like 50 years... you know wine as it gets old it gets better....

If the label is gold or black gold isnt tacky black is its common sense...get it right.

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