Every Question You Ever Had (Or Will Have) About Wine Has the Same Two-Word Answer

9 letters that makes everything about wine simultaneously easier and harder

Burgundy — the place I learned how important this two letter answer really is. Image courtesy of author

Do the drips that slide down a wine glass mean anything?

It depends.

Should white wine always be served chilled and red at room temperature?

It depends.

Is Sauvignon Blanc a white wine?

Believe it or not, it depends.

It depends is the answer to nearly every single wine question you ever had or ever will have.

It doesn’t make the subject easy. It doesn’t make for easily digestible nuggets of information. Most of all, it probably means that everything you think you know about wine — from your dislike of Chardonnay to your insistence on only serving white wine with fish — is wrong. Or at least, not absolutely correct.

When it comes to wine, there are very few absolutes. If you choose to drink the stuff, here’s why that matters.

It means your patronizing know-it-all-about-wine acquaintance is probably full of BS