Passito: An Italian term literally translated as "sweet," passito is used in Italy to describe wines that have been made from dried grapes, in the appassimento method. Drying the grapes concentrates ...

Though it is a sweet wine, it isn't cloying ... The air-drying of grapes until they become raisins is called passito. Dried pieces are then pressed and the resulting juices are slowly fermented ...

As the wine travels through the mouth, it first contacts the front palate, then the midpalate and finally the back palate, all which can process different tastes, such as sweet, sour and bitter. Passe ...