41. Thus, wines designated " Sp�tlese trocken " in many cases came to represent the best dry wines from many wineries. 42. Their Schonburger wine has a peachy bouquet, with a characteristic pale straw color, similar to an Alsacian Muscadet medium-dry wine . 43. The ros?is a dry wine titled " Rose Colored Glasses . " Cosco began making Pinot Noir in 2011. 44. _The term brut refers to the driest ( least sweet ) wines, while extra dry wines will have some sweetness. 45. Avoid fruity or oak-y Chardonnay and floral Viognier; instead, look for a dry wine with some herbal character and moderate acidity. 46. Just as cigarettes are a transition to cigars, wine drinkers go from beer to cheap, sweet wine to fine dry wines . 47. The dry wines are $ 13-$ 24 when ordered directly from the winery; the 375-milliliter bottles of Semillon are $ 12. 48. By this argument, today's dry wines have a greater claim to authenticity than the fruity style most people think of as traditional. 49. Yet calling a wine off-dry can be a kiss of death in a country where people believe they only like dry wines . 50. The old-fashioned Barbera was extremely acidic but innovative young winemakers have reinvented it into a delicious, dry wine with lots of fruit.