It may sound boring, and devoid of art and beauty, but it’s the framework that everything else is built on. It effects perception of weight, flavour profile and residual sugar. It’s the single biggest factor in good wine matching and probably the element that changes the most (and changes the dish the most). It protects juice and wine, keeps them healthy and lets you leave fruit on the vine longer or forces you to pick it earlier, it determines risk in the winery in exposure