dessert wine
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Ice wine is made from grapes that freeze on the vine and are pressed while still frozen, creating a sweet, almost syrupy dessert wine.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2025
It is now generally consumed as a dessert wine and, as a rule, should be served at cool cellar temperature, but not cold.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2022
It offers five varieties, including a shiraz, a cabernet-merlot blend and a dessert wine.
From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2022
Not opening a dessert wine is virtuous, a sign of restraint.
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2021
But water was available only to the children, while the rest were to revive themselves with a dessert wine at room temperature.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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