When people used to tell me that Virginia tobaccos were sweet, I was thinking they were talking about a sugary sort of Captain Crunch sweet taste. Then someone told me that this was not the case with Virginia tobaccos and he told me to keep an open mind. The next time I tried a Virginia, I loaded a bowl of Orlik Gold Sliced. Mind you, Virginias can have a tendency to burn very hot if you are not careful and dont smoke slowly. So I packed a little looser, and smoked a little slower, and then I figured it out. The "sweetness" that I taste from Virginias is, sort of like Paul said, a bit of a bread flavor. To me, its the kind of sweet that you taste from a good quality wheat bread or a Wheat Thin cracker. You dont really associate those kinds of food as being sweet, per se, but its a sort of lingering sweetness/wheat flavor that almost resides, in my experience, more in the top of the mouth than on your taste buds. Alas, like Paul said, I am only one person, and YMMV. Hope this helps!