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A [[Still_wine|still wine]] type that is both sweet and high in [[Alcohol|alcohol]] and usually served after a meal or with a dessert. Dessert wines typically have 17% to 22% [[ABV]]. | A [[Still_wine|still wine]] type that is both sweet and high in [[Alcohol|alcohol]] and usually served after a meal or with a dessert. Dessert wines typically have 17% to 22% [[ABV]]. Port and Sherry are the two best known dessert wines, but others include Madeira, Malaga, Marsala, Muscatel, and Tokay. | ||
A term formerly used to indicate sweet wines, such as sherries, ports, and muscatels, which are fortified with [[Brandy|brandy]] to bring them up to an alcohol content of around 16% to 18% ABV. The present-day meaning is more precise: a [[Wine|wine]] to be served with desserts or by itself after a meal. Dessert wines today include such sweet wines as | A term formerly used to indicate sweet wines, such as sherries, ports, and muscatels, which are fortified with [[Brandy|brandy]] to bring them up to an alcohol content of around 16% to 18% ABV. The present-day meaning is more precise: a [[Wine|wine]] to be served with desserts or by itself after a meal. Dessert wines today include such sweet wines as Muscat, Canelli and "late harvest" White Riesling, which have alcohol contents as low as just 10% to 12½% ABV. | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:00, 15 December 2022
A still wine type that is both sweet and high in alcohol and usually served after a meal or with a dessert. Dessert wines typically have 17% to 22% ABV. Port and Sherry are the two best known dessert wines, but others include Madeira, Malaga, Marsala, Muscatel, and Tokay.
A term formerly used to indicate sweet wines, such as sherries, ports, and muscatels, which are fortified with brandy to bring them up to an alcohol content of around 16% to 18% ABV. The present-day meaning is more precise: a wine to be served with desserts or by itself after a meal. Dessert wines today include such sweet wines as Muscat, Canelli and "late harvest" White Riesling, which have alcohol contents as low as just 10% to 12½% ABV.