Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event host and speaker; and drinks educator. He regularly contributes to Food & Wine, and his first book, Crushed: How A Changing Climate Is ...

The question: What are tannins? Do all wines have tannins, and are they good or bad? Tthe answer: They're astringent, sometimes furry-tasting compounds found mainly in red wines. They're never a bad ...

Supple. Velvety. Grippy. Opulent. Smooth. Chewy. Silky. Anyone who has read a wine review or attended a tasting has seen or heard these descriptors and many more, which are usually applied to tannins ...

Q. I was a heavy coffee drinker, but now I'm getting off coffee by switching to tea, usually two to three cups of strong black tea a day (occasionally green tea instead). I feel less jittery, but now ...

Winemaker Chris Howell of Cain Vineyards in Napa has been working with great wines for decades, having worked in wineries from France to Napa, and he’s seen his share of tannins. According to Howell, ...

If you're a red-wine lover, you know the feeling - that puckery, astringent sensation that practically turns your cheeks inside out. Like overbrewed tea, an overly tannic wine seems to suck the ...

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University animal scientist Layi Adeola has figured out why livestock have trouble gaining weight on a diet of tannin-rich sorghum. His work, reported in July at the ...