Wine with Leslie: don't be afraid to be sweet - especially with this €8 Portuguese white at Aldi

"Perhaps ‘afraid’ is the wrong word but I know that mention of even a touch of sweetness in wine and many people stop listening."

My question this week is why are so many seasoned wine drinkers afraid of sweetness? Perhaps ‘afraid’ is the wrong word but I know that mention of even a touch of sweetness in wine and many people stop listening.

Now don’t worry, I am not advocating a return to the world of sickly Liebfraumilch that was probably the first taste of wine for anyone over 45. It was certainly my first taste - that stolen sip one Christmas Day back in the late 1970s when I was around half the legal drinking age.