Barbara Nowak

Just say, “I like wines that are on the sweet side,” and you’ll get ugly, condescending stares.  It’s not fashionable to like sweet wines.  We don’t know why.  Maybe it’s a Boone’s Farm backlash.  But we think it’s just plain wrong.

When we say “sweet,” we’re not talking about dessert wines or the cloying, sugar-infused pink wines.  We mean elegant, well-made wines that just happen to i