If you are wondering what tannins taste like, try over-steeping black tea and then sipping it. Alternately, try to taste one teaspoon of ground cinnamon — bet you won’t do that again.

In red wines, ciders and dark chocolate, just to name a few, complex plant compounds called procyanidins contribute to the ...

Take a sip of cabernet and your tongue might feel as if it’s being scraped by coarse paper, while another vintage wine may ...

While we often hesitate to become overly geeky when describing wine, understanding tannins helps to appreciate how they affect the taste, texture and ageability of our favorite selections.

"With age, tannins will soften and fall out of the wine in the form of sediment," she says, "but they can also make a young red wine produced from one of these grapes taste quite bitter and mouth ...

"It is the first time that we demonstrate at the molecular level that lipids and tannins coming from red wines are able to interact and that lipids from foods can have an influence on the taste of ...

While we often hesitate to become overly geeky when describing wine, understanding tannins helps to appreciate how they affect the taste, texture and ageability of our favorite selections. At their ...