@Aster “Most wine tastes sour to me.” Do you drink wine by itself? Most wine naturally has some acid in it, which can give it a sour citrusy taste. Wine also has tannins, a chemical from the grape skins. It’s hard to describe the taste of tannin… imagine drinking some tea that you steeped for too long, the way it will give you a puckery feeling in your mouth. These two qualities mean that wine tastes much better if you drink it with food, especially something savory and fatty (like a steak with red wine, for example.) The wine will actually seem to taste different- you won’t get sourness anymore, you’ll taste the flavors of the wine, like berries, chocolate, leather, earth, etc. And the acidity and tannins in the wine will make your food seem to taste better, too.