The Viscosity of Wine?

We have a tradition in our home... on the evenings we open a bottle of wine, the one who opens the bottle reads about it on the label to memorize the details, and then "presents" the wine to the other... i think this was inspired by the wine festival we visited the weekend we got engaged... most presentations go something like this: "Tonight we have a 2009 Fetzer Gewurztarminer which hales from the great Columbia Valley. 2009 was a wonderful year of the grape... notice the high viscosity as you twirl it around the glass, as well as the rich aromas that permeate. [cheers] Bon Apa Tit!" and yes, "Bon Appetit" he pronounces "tit"... So tonight, I finally asked the question... "Do you know what viscosity means?" The answer I received was "yes, it determines how the wine descends down the sides of the glass." oooooook! Time for a blog entry! Merriam Webster online says: 1: the quality or state of being viscous [not helpful] 2: the property of resistance to flow in a fluid or semifluid [kind of makes sense with Husband's 'explanation'] 3: the ratio of the tangential frictional force per unit area to the velocity gradient perpendicular to the direction of flow of a liquid —called also coefficient of viscosity [reminds me of the Engineer Physics class I almost failed in college] viscious... as defined by Merriam Webster online: 1: viscid 2: having or characterized by viscosity [seriously M-W?!] viscid... as defined by Merriam Webster online: 1a : having an adhesive quality: sticky 1b : having a glutinous consistency : viscous 2: covered with a sticky layer Ok, I'm starting to get it... THEN I google "viscosity of wine" and learn this: "Viscosity" refers to a wine's liquid consistency. A wine's viscosity may make it appear thin and watery, or may make it appear thick and syrupy. Viscosity is affected by the levels of glycerols (sugars) and alcohol found in the wine. Generally speaking, the higher a wine's levels of glycerols and alcohol, the higher the wine's viscosity will be. Wines with high viscosity tend to cling to the side of a wine glass longer, and may leave "tears" or "legs" as bits of the wine begin to drip back down into the glass. Reference: http://www.oregonwines.com/wine101.php?SectionID=8&FaqID=200 And now I know... Husband didn't know what he was talking about, but he was using real lingo... How's the viscosity of your favorite wine? ;)