Try adding salt to your wine. In fact, there’s an old saying that reads, ‘salt makes its presence felt, only in its absence’. But could our appreciation for salted caramel stretch to adding salt to wine? Salt increases our perception of fruitiness but reduces our awareness of acidity, so, adding salt to wine makes us perceive it as sweeter and less acidic than it really is. It can also make a sweet wine more savoury, dialling down the perception of sugar.