(AOL) - Unless you're a trained Sommelier all things wine can be a little confusing.

'Acidity' simply means how tart a wine is. Look for words like crisp and bright, or the opposite, flabby. 'Body' refers to how heavy a wine feels in your mouth. Usually the more body, the more alcohol.

The skin and seeds of grapes that give red wine structure are called tannins. Overly tannic wines make your mouth feel dry. And not to try to confuse you, but 'dry' itself is used to describe wine that tastes the opposite of sweet.

'Oaked' means the wine was matured in oak barrels or with oak chips.

'Vintage' doesn't mean the wine is old. It just means the wine is made from grapes that were all (or mostly all) produced in a single year.

And 'finish' is a term used to describe how long the flavor of a wine lingers in your mouth. It's not what you say when you've downed the entire bottle.