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

You could drink Village Ghost sato as a dessert wine, but there’s nuance and richness — a sort of earthiness — complementing its sweet quality.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2024

It offers five varieties, including a shiraz, a cabernet-merlot blend and a dessert wine.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2022

Up until at least the 1980s, some wineries made a sweet, fortified dessert wine with mission called Angelica.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2022

She swirled the dessert wine they’d used to conceal the sweetness, but in the bronze goblet, it was difficult to see the color.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas