| Someone new to wine will most likely choose a | | | | for? |
| sweet wine as their first choice as dryer wines | | | | I would say the answer to that is it depends on |
| tend to be too bitter for them. Still when a | | | | the occasion. As it stands, most sweet wines are |
| beginner wine drinker is left to his own devices | | | | dessert wines; however there are some that can |
| that person will often be lost when having to | | | | be enjoyed as dessert, such as with Port, Muscat, |
| decide which wine is sweet, which sweet wine is | | | | Madeira and Sherry, which are drunk as after |
| the best to choose from and what to possibly | | | | dinner drinks. Thicker honey-sweet wines like ice |
| serve with a dessert wine once it is picked out. In | | | | wine, Tokaji Aszú, Botrytis Semillon and |
| this article I am going to answer these typical | | | | Austria's Ruster Ausbruch can be sipped on by |
| questions so that the person looking for a sweet | | | | themselves, but they go so much better with |
| wine will know exactly how to go about it from | | | | dessert. |
| now on. | | | | If you decide on a dessert pairing then you'll want |
| To find a sweet wine you will enjoy the first thing | | | | to know what kind of dessert wine goes with |
| you need to be able to do is distinguish between | | | | which desserts. When it comes to Port and the |
| sweet wines and dry wines. This is relatively easy | | | | other fortified wines, you can't go wrong with |
| to do. In simplest terms, a wine that is not loaded | | | | baked fruit dishes, such as apple tarts. These high |
| with sugar or is not syrupy sweet is considered | | | | alcohol wines tend to be less sweet and more |
| dry. Now the range of sweet to dry is very | | | | acidic so they pair well with baked fruits or things |
| broad and encompasses several levels of | | | | like lemon custards. |
| sweetness but suffice to say if it's not noticeably | | | | The way to determine a sweet pairing is to make |
| sweet, it's dry. Now, where to find it in your wine | | | | sure the dessert wine is sweeter than the |
| shop? | | | | dessert itself. The point of having a dessert wine |
| Well, first you have to know where to look. When | | | | with dessert is to appreciate it both; neither |
| you walk into your local wine shop you are faced | | | | should overpower the other. You wouldn't sip an |
| with walls and walls of wine to choose from, but | | | | ice wine with an apple tart, nor would you have |
| where do you start? Easy. Look for the dessert | | | | ice cream with Port. |
| wine section. Most every sweet wine is a dessert | | | | So now you know how to determine dry from |
| wine of some sort. | | | | sweet, how to choose the type of sweet wine |
| Whether it's a late-harvest Riesling, an ice wine, a | | | | you want and what to serve with it. I hope this |
| Botrytis Semillon or a Ruster Ausbruch, all of | | | | makes it easier on you the next time you are |
| these are sweet white wines that can be drunk | | | | faced with any of these decisions. When you are |
| by themselves or as dessert wines. The question | | | | just getting into wine sometimes it's just easier to |
| then is what kind of sweet wine are you looking | | | | choose a sweet wine and learn from there. |